Search for nurse from Britain’s most prestigious military school after records leaked
Inside a British prison: Drug smoking inmates brag on smartphones of cushy jail life (VIDEO)
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A nurse from Britain’s most prestigious military school has been struck off and “gone to ground” after an investigation into missing health records.
British prisons are constantly being mocked by inmates who smoke drugs, make hundreds of pounds a day in jail and film themselves on smartphones in their cells.
The Duke of York Military School in Kent has connections with top British Army brass and has been frequently visited by members of the Royal family – including Prince Harry.
Inmates serving sentences for serious crimes brag about how easy it is to hide contraband from those in charge of the prison.
It has also been at the center of multiple controversies over claims of abuse and ill-treatment of the pupils at the 440-pupil mixed boarding school.
In recent months, prisoners have posted videos of fights and attacks online using phones they have smuggled into London jails, on livestreaming sites.
Now, inmates are using their phones to brag about how much money they are making in prison and how prison officers repeatedly fail to find their smuggled drugs and goods.
One prisoner, who calls himself Anti, has posted 23 videos in the last fortnight.
“I told you they can’t get my phone,” he brags.
“Look at the state of it. They done man dirty, brother.
“We’ve been playing this game, this shit’s cat and mouse.”
Videos entitled ‘Live from the mother***ing jailhouse’ and ‘They can’t keep me offline’ show the 21-year-old, believed to be in Wandsworth Prison in London, doing drugs, watching TV and staying up all night.
When asked if he has ever been caught with a phone, the prisoner doing time for selling drugs responds, “many times”
“What do I tell them?” he said.
“I say ‘Suck your mum’ – and then I get extra days – and then I buy a new phone.”
The inmate, who repeatedly smokes drugs for the camera brags about how he makes hundreds of pounds per day – so he can afford data to livestream videos for his growing fan base.
“I’ve spent £920 [or US$ 12,14 on data],” in two months he said.
“Today was a slow day – I didn’t even make £300 - £290 – that’s it.
“I swear down I’m gonna go broke in this place.”
When ‘Anti’ is caught he claims he is handed extra days on his sentence.
In nine months he has already accrued an additional five months, he said.
One video laughs at an attempt to find his contraband as ‘Anti’ films his trashed cell.
“I got 90 days [extra] for two phones,” he said.
Now, details of a hearing held last month have revealed police are searching for a former nurse who had been in contact with journalists and whistleblowing parents.
“They’ve slapped me on basic again – look. What does it say? ‘Illicit and unauthorised items were found in your cell.’
The NMC ordered Mrs. Beverley Richards be struck off over proven charges, including that she was involved in leaking information about students treated in the Sanatorium at the Duke of York Royal Military School.
“They done a sweep of the wing, you get me.
A further six charges were unproven, including accusations a Medical Admissions Book, which contained the leaked information, was lost due to negligence
“They took my p2 (Playstation) and that, but they still never got my phone. Believe in your spot. Man don’t lose phones.”
Richards was employed as the Lead School Nurse in the Medical Centre from 24 April 2012 until her dismissal on February 27, 2014.
Earlier this month the Independent Monitoring Board for Wandsworth Prison issued a critical report which claimed the amount of drugs being smuggled in is fueling a rise in violence.
However, she went on sick leave in September 2013 and never returned to duty, although she lived in school-provided accommodation until early 2014 and retained keys to the medical center.
The report also found there was a lack of CCTV monitors to check on people visiting the jail while there are “almost daily” drone deliveries to the prison.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) documents suggest it was “around this time” that it was noticed the Medical Admissions Book was missing after being left on a window ledge.
About 40 percent of Wandsworth’s inmates are foreign nationals.
Police and the NMC have tried to track down the nurse, without success.
The Ministry of Justice has been asked to comment.
“A tracing agent had been used but could not locate her. Ms. Dongray understood that the police/CPS were also trying to contact Mrs. Richards but had been unable to locate her,” the NMC said.
“The police service was having difficulty locating Mrs. Richards and it appeared she had ‘gone to ground’ and did not want to be found.”
Weeks later a journalist was able to prove he had seen the book, and another publication also claimed the same.
An email seen by the NMC panel, made up of Anthony Kanutin, Dr. Mooi Standing and Jonathan Coombes, showed Mrs. Richards’ husband contacted a parent in 2013.
“Beverley is aware that the [school] email system is monitored and she is therefore loathe [sic] to communicate via that account and… she has no telephone at home,” the email said.
“This should be rectified shortly and she will be in touch then.”
A reply from the parent claimed the person was hopeful Richards could “procure the information we discussed”.
The NMC panel said they had no choice but to strike-off the nurse, who did not attend the hearing.
Three members concluded Richards put her “own interests” above those of the students.
“Mrs. Richards had deliberately breached patient confidentiality by supplying details from the Book or the Book itself to a journalist,” the panel said.
“The panel has not reached a conclusion as to why Mrs. Richards behaved in this manner, but concluded that, whatever her motivation, her actions did not benefit her patients, and were, in fact, detrimental to their health and well-being.
“Honesty and integrity is at the heart of the nursing profession and by breaking this confidentiality Mrs. Richards has breached a fundamental tenet of the profession in that she did not act with integrity.”
