Prison worker pleads GUILTY to having illicit relationship with Zara Aleena’s murderer at Britain’s most secure jail

A PRISON idiosyncratic has pleaded blameworthy to having an "inappropriate relationship" with Zara Aleena's killer.

Hayley Jones embarked connected a month-long fling with Jordan McSweeney, 31, aft increasing adjacent to him at HMP Belmarsh.

The 33-year-old appeared astatine Woolwich Crown Court contiguous wherever she admitted misconduct successful a nationalist office.

McSweeney was owed to look but officers astatine HMP Long Lartin told the tribunal that helium was "having trouble with walking".

He is accused of encouraging oregon assisting the committee of an indictable offence.

McSweeney - serving a beingness condemnation for murdering Zara - has not yet entered a plea to the charge.

He and Jones were successful a narration betwixt March 6, 2023, and April 7, 2023.

Jones, from Strood successful Kent, was arrested successful April past twelvemonth after police received an allegation of inappropriate conduct.

She was besides suspended from her relation arsenic a store teacher astatine Britain's astir unafraid jailhouse aft the assertion came to light.

McSweeney had been released from a prison sentence conscionable 9 days earlier helium pounced on Zara, 35, arsenic she walked home.

His licence had been revoked aft failing to conscionable probation officers but helium was not recalled to prison.

This meant the predator was escaped to roam the streets hunting for a victim.

On the nighttime of Zara's murder, McSweeney was captured connected CCTV stalking the streets of East London.

At slightest 4 different women managed to flight the killer's clutches arsenic helium followed them successful the darkness.

One adjacent ran for information into a location connected the aforesaid thoroughfare were Zara was brutally murdered.

After mounting his sights connected Zara, a law graduate, McSweeney dragged her into a driveway wherever helium repeatedly kicked and stamped connected her.

Zara was discovered partially clothed and struggling to respire by horrified neighbours who heard her screams.

The aspiring lawyer had conscionable started moving astatine the Royal Courts of Justice erstwhile she was killed successful June 2022.

A post-mortem gave her origin of decease arsenic blunt unit trauma wounded and cervix compression.

McSweeney was jailed for life with a minimum of 38 years successful December of that twelvemonth aft admitting execution and intersexual assault.

This was aboriginal reduced to 33 years pursuing a palmy entreaty astatine the Court of Appeal.