{"id":8035,"date":"2026-07-07T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prisoner-who-filmed-sex-with-teen-guard-and-leaked-it-on-snapchat-has-sentence-increased\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:47:39","slug":"prisoner-who-filmed-sex-with-teen-guard-and-leaked-it-on-snapchat-has-sentence-increased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prisoner-who-filmed-sex-with-teen-guard-and-leaked-it-on-snapchat-has-sentence-increased\/","title":{"rendered":"Prisoner who filmed sex with teen guard and leaked it on Snapchat has sentence increased"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_c37a06\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">An inmate who filmed himself having sex with a prison officer and leaked the footage on Snapchat has had his sentence increased after a successful Court of Appeal challenge<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<div class=\"Authors_authors-container__wVWas\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" style=\"--authors-by:&quot;By&quot;\"><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_c37a06\">Dylan Hayward<\/strong><\/span><span> and <span><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"AuthorLink_author-link__rg5qj\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/berk-uyal\/\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_c37a06\">Berk Uyal<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Live News Content Editor\/Reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37397383\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Declan Winkless\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397383.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/2_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397383.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/2_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397383.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/2_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397383.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/2_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Declan Winkless has had his sentence increased\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Declan Winkless has had his sentence increased<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An inmate who filmed himself having sex with a <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"prison Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prisons\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">prison <\/a>officer before leaking the footage on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Snapchat Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/snapchat\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Snapchat <\/a>has had his jail sentence increased after appeal judges ruled his original sentence was too lenient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Declan Winkless, 31, was originally handed an extra three years and four months in January after admitting prison smuggling and misconduct in a public office offences at Northampton Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Court of Appeal has now increased that sentence to five years after a challenge brought on behalf of the Solicitor General.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Winkless, formerly of Kirkdale Road, South Wigston, is already serving an 11-year sentence for aggravated <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"burglaryLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/burglary\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">burglary<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Leicestershire LiveLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/leicester-news\/leicester-prisoner-who-filmed-sex-11047447\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Leicestershire Live<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Former prison officer Alicia Novas, 20, received an unchanged three year sentence after beginning an <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"iLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/leicester-news\/leicester-prisoner-who-filmed-sex-11047447\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">i<\/a>nappropriate relationship with Winkless when she was 18 and had only recently started working in the prison service.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37397396\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37397396\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former prison officer Alicia Novas\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397396.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/3_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397396.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/3_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397396.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/3_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37397396.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/3_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Former prison officer Alicia Novas\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Former prison officer Alicia Novas<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She admitted smuggling cannabis, tobacco and two mobile phones into<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" HMP Five Wells and HMP Peterborough, Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/hm-prison-service\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"> HMP Five Wells and HMP Peterborough, <\/a>as well as passing him confidential prison intelligence, including the identity of a prison informant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Detective Inspector Richard Cornell, from the East Midlands Regional Prisons Intelligence Unit, said: &#8220;These sentences reflect the gravity of the multitude of offences committed. Novas had only just begun her career as a prison officer, having taken up her position on July 1, 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He added: &#8220;Unfortunately Novas used her position to form an inappropriate relationship with Winkless and to breach public trust and confidence further by illegally passing on information and smuggling drugs and mobile phones to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Winkless undoubtedly encouraged this relationship and the unprofessional and illegal conduct carried out by Novas, and this is reflected in the charges he also faced and the sentence he has now received.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers say the offences took place between August 1, 2024, and March 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Novas was arrested on December 23, 2024, and was released on police bail while further investigations took place, with conditions not to contact Winkless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The investigation by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) subsequently established that by November 6, 2024, Winkless and Novas had been communicating via mobile phone, with evidence indicating contact had begun prior to this date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The telephone contact between the pair had been extensive, with more than 2,800 messages shared prior to Novas\u2019 arrest. Interaction also continued after her arrest despite her bail conditions, with approximately 400 further contacts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/declan-winkless-prison-sentence-increased-37397435\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An inmate who filmed himself having sex with a prison officer and leaked the footage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1_Alicia-Novas-court-case.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}