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    Female Prison Governor Jailed In UK For Having Sex With Drug Dealer

    By Festus AdeloyeMay 19, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    A prison governor who had a relationship with a drug-dealing gang boss in the United Kingdom (UK) has been jailed for nine years.

    Kerri Pegg, 42, was seen as a “rising star” of the Prison Service, climbing the career ladder from graduate to governor at HMP Kirkham in Lancashire in six years.

    But her trial heard she “didn’t play by the rules” and began a relationship with major Liverpool crime figure Anthony Saunderson, helping him secure day release.

    Sentencing her at Preston Crown Court, Judge Graham Knowles KC told her: “You betrayed the public trust in you and you betrayed the Prison Service.”

    He continued: “It was shocking and unconscionable that you should have had that relationship. You knew how you should and should not act. You had training and support. You were warned and you were challenged. The boundaries were clear and explicit and you knew you were crossing them.”

    Pegg, from Up Holland in Lancashire, was convicted of misconduct in public office and possession of criminal property following a trial at the same court in April.

    The jury heard how, when police raided Pegg’s home in Orrell, Wigan, they found a toothbrush with Saunderson’s DNA on it.

    It also emerged Pegg, who was also found guilty of one count of possession of criminal property, had been given a £12,000 Mercedes C-class car by Saunderson, which was paid for from the proceeds of 34 kilos of amphetamines.

    During his communications with other criminals, Saunderson – who is now spending 35 years behind bars – had used the name Jesse Pinkman after a meth dealer in the hit TV show Breaking Bad, the trial heard.

    He also went under the name James Gandolfini, the actor who played Tony Soprano in the mafia TV series.

    Jurors heard Pegg was known to spend a lot of time in her office with the inmate and, in October 2018, he put in a request to be released on temporary licence.

    Though such requests are routine there are specific rules for how they should be dealt with – rules which the governor broke.

    Detectives found Pegg, originally from Bramhall, Stockport, was living way beyond her means, buying designer jewellery and clothes including Jimmy Choo shoes and Chanel necklaces.

    They found that despite her £3,000 a month income, she was deeply in debt and had not declared three County Court judgments which amounted to misconduct, as debts make officials vulnerable to corruption.

    Her four credit cards were “maxed out”, the court heard, and she had just 6p in her savings account.

    Judge Knowles said the fact she had not declared the County Court Judgements left her “catastrophically compromised” and vulnerable to “corruption and blackmail”.

    He added that Pegg was “impossibly vulnerable to Saunderson'” once she started in her “dereliction of duty” because she “knew he could destroy your career”.

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