A prison guard who smuggled mobile phones and related paraphernalia into a jail hidden inside a DVD player has been warned he faces being locked up. Jake Belfield was employed at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in June 2020 when the contraband was handed to a serving inmate. The 31-year-old from Dover was later charged with two offences of misconduct in public office and during a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday (August 5) he pleaded guilty to both. The first, committed between February 11 and June 8, 2020, stated that while acting as a prison officer he caused the transmission …
