Prison officer catches out Forest Bank inmate and woman, 19, in visitor's area
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman and an inmate have both been convicted after being caught out during a visit to see him in Forest Bank. Demi-Leigh Wilkinson, 19, visited Anthony Daly, 21, when he was serving time for wounding at HMP Forest Bank in March last year.
During a quick exchange in the visitor’s area caught on CCTV, Wilkinson passed Daly a package. A prison officer intervened and analysis of the package revealed tobacco wrapped in Rizla papers, and within the middle was a cellophane bag of cocaine.
It had an estimated street value of between £500 and £600 and a prison value of between £2,500 and £6,000, Manchester Crown Court heard. READ MORE: Drug dealers' empire rumbled after secret tiny prison phone uncovered Both were arrested and have since pleaded guilty to bringing/conveying a list A article into prison.
Daly has now been jailed again and Wilkinson handed a suspended sentence due to her previous good character. Prosecuting, Charlotte Noddings said that on March 13 last year Wilkinson attended the prison, based in Salford, to visit her friend, Daly. “CCTV showed an undercover exchange between the two.
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