A female prison officer who tried to get pregnant with an "exceptionally dangerous" rapist has avoided jail despite having sex with him up to 40 times while on duty.
Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington, 29, became besotted with sex offender Bradley Trengrove after he was moved to HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset.
The pair embarked on a six-month relationship which involved them often having sex in prison workshops when nobody was around.
The female prison warden even got pregnant by Trengrove, although she later lost the baby.
A female prison officer who tried to get pregnant with an "exceptionally dangerous" rapist has avoided jail despite having sex with him up to 40 times while on duty
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During the affair, Austin-Saddington smuggled a mobile phone into the Category C prison for her lover so they could communicate.
The mother-of-three saved Trengrove's name in her mobile under "husband to be", a court heard.
When Trengrove, 31, was moved to another prison, she visited him using a fake name.
She was so infatuated with the convict that she went along with a plan to get pregnant by him again.
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The female prison warden even got pregnant by Trengrove, although she later lost the baby
During a visit, she smuggled in an empty Calpol syringe in her bra so she could "artificially inseminate" herself with his sperm, which he had wrapped in cling film for her.
Trengrove, from Cramborne, Cornwall, was already serving a 13-year extended jail sentence for raping a woman and having sexual activity with a child in 2013 and 2014.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard Austin-Saddington started working as a prison officer at The Verne in July 2019.
She was given a written warning in 2020 for concerns over her professionalism and interaction with prisoners.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard Austin-Saddington started working as a prison officer at The Verne in July 2019
Austin-Saddington, from Weymouth, was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to charges of misconduct in a public office only because she has been left wheelchair-bound following a fall.
Judge Jonathan Fuller KC told her: "Your betrayal of that trust represents a serious and prolonged misconduct by someone in public office."
She was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for 18 months with 25 rehabilitation activity days.
Trengrove was given another two years and three months on top of his original sentence.
Detective Inspector Alastair Quinn said: "We are committed to working with our region's prisons to root out corruption and will be looking to take similar action against other prisoners who seek to corrupt prison staff."
