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Prisoner found with soaked arm in cell after trying to flush smuggled phone down toilet
direct to your inboxA prisoner sent hundreds of calls and texts to his brothers with a smuggled mobile phone while serving a lengthy sentence for robbery.Stephen Pattison, 44, was caught on CCTV running to the toilet with a package before flushing the toilet when officers came to his cell door in Strangeways.The court heard how in February 2019, prison officers had tried to get into Pattison’s cell for an inspection.But they were prevented from getting in as the lock on the door had been tampered with, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.“From the observation room they were able to see the defendant run from the cell to the toilet”, Julian Goode, prosecuting said.“He was carrying a package - a mini mobile phone with six SIM cards."The toilet
