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The thieving Forest Bank prison officers 'unable to resist temptation' in jail
direct to your inboxTwo prison officers who stole thousands of pounds worth of electronics from Forest Bank jail and sold them on have been jailed.Paul Albertsen, 42, and Paul Hewitt, 41, both took items from the Salford prison, before selling them on via Ebay or at CeX stores.Items such as DVDs and games consoles would be taken into the prison as part of a workshop for inmates, who would repackage the products.But Albertsen, a prison officer of 15 years, and Hewitt, who had seven years of experience, would steal the items and sell them on for their own gain.Albertsen received £95,000 from the scheme, with Hewitt gaining £67,000.Their lawyers said the two men, who a judge said had previously given 'commendable service', were unable to
