Three charged with conspiracy to bring prohibited items into Winchester prison

Three people have been charged with conspiracy to bring prohibited items into Winchester prison.

They are:

• Christopher Harman, aged 36, of Pentons Close, Holybourne
• Liam Currell, aged 31, of no fixed abode
• Stephanie Burt, aged 30, of Stanley Green Road, Poole, Dorset

All three have been charged with conspiracy to bring a list A article into prison, namely steroids and conspiracy to bring a list B article into prison, namely mobile phones.

Stephanie Burt has also been charged with failing to comply with a Section 49 notice of the Regulation Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) after failing to give the police the PIN for her mobile phone.

The charges comes following a joint investigation between Hampshire Constabulary and HMP Winchester.

Harman, Currell and Burt have been remanded on conditional bail and are due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 4 August.