Prison officer pleads GUILTY to making illicit calls to inmate who severed man’s leg with machete in horror attack

A FORMER prison officer has pleaded guilty to making illicit calls to an inmate who severed a man’s leg in a machete attack. Heather Pinchbeck, 28, made the secret calls while working at HMP Dovegate in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. She is accused of speaking to Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017...