A prison officer accused of having a sexual relationship with an inmate was ‘threatened’ by the convicted robber, a court has heard.

Isabelle Dale, 23, is accused of an inappropriate relationship with convicted robber Shahid Shariff at HMP Coldingley in Surrey as well as plotting to smuggle drugs into the jail.

Sharif, who was three years into a twelve-year sentence, was transferred after the alleged encounter to HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.

A court heard this week that Dale said that Sharif had forced her to have her bottom enlarged and to buy a ring as a token of her fidelity.

‘I bought the ring as I was instructed to by Mr Sharif to prove my loyalty to him,’ she explained.

‘He threatened to stab me. He told me he hated me and wanted me to die.’ Dale was asked about

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