Prison officer Rebecca Pinckard, 46, embarked on a fling with an inmate at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk, and was said to have '[performed] oral sex on that prisoner' Pinckard will be sentenced in January after admitting to a misconduct charge (Image: Newsquest / SWNS)

A prison officer who had a secret relationship with an inmate is facing jail time after allegedly performing a sex act on him. Rebecca Pinckard, 46, has admitted having a fling with the prisoner at HMP Highpoint in Stradishall, Suffolk, which lasted between April and July 2024.

She was arrested and faced a charge that she "wilfully and without reasonable excuse or justification misconducted herself" in a way which amounted to "an abuse of the public’s trust".

The charge states that she did so "by engaging in a relation

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