Prison worker admits ‘inappropriate relationship’ with Zara Aleena’s murderer

A situation store teacher has admitted having an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with Zara Aleena’s murderer.

Hayley Jones, 33, pleaded blameworthy to misconduct successful a nationalist bureau implicit the fling with Jordan McSweeney, 31, betwixt March 6 and April 7 past twelvemonth astatine HMP Belmarsh.

She entered her plea to the complaint during a proceeding astatine Woolwich Crown Court connected Thursday.

McSweeney, charged with encouraging oregon assisting the committee of an indictable offence, did not look successful court, either successful idiosyncratic oregon by video link, and nary plea was entered for the complaint helium faces.

Officers astatine HMP Long Lartin told the tribunal that helium was ‘having trouble with walking’ and truthful could not marque his mode to the nexus room.

McSweeney killed 35-year-old Ms Aleena arsenic she walked location from a nighttime retired successful Ilford, eastbound London, successful the aboriginal hours of June 26, 2022.

He was handed a beingness condemnation with a minimum word of 38 years astatine the Old Bailey successful December 2022 aft admitting sexually assaulting and murdering her.

In November 2023, helium won a Court of Appeal bid to trim the minimum word of his beingness condemnation to 33 years.

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