About her professional conduct and her interactions with inmates. Her probationary period was extended following suspicions of inappropriate involvement with two other prisoners.
In January 2022, Trengrove was moved to the same prison. By around August 2022, he and Austin-Saddington had developed a close relationship.
He told investigators that they met frequently in the prison workshops, sometimes when she came to work on her days off.
According to his statements, they engaged in physical contact multiple times. In November, she informed him that she was pregnant.
Despite his urging to reduce risky behavior, she allegedly expressed concern that doing so would limit their time together. She later suffered a miscarriage.
After Trengrove was transferred to HMP Channings Wood in Devon in March 2023, Austin-Saddington continued to send him personal messages,
