A prison nurse who struck up a romance with a drug-dealing killer has pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office.
Stephanie Adair, 29, had an inappropriate relationship with Jahki Crosdale, 28, at the scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth.
Adair, of Southwark, admitted misconduct in public office after she ‘wilfully misconducted herself’ by having an ‘inappropriate’ relationship with Crosdale between September 1, 2023 and November 2, 2024, Kingston Crown Court heard.
She also maintained a relationship with the convicted killer through contact via his ‘illicit mobile phone’, the court was told.
Adair, of Southwark, south London, spoke in the dock only to confirm her name and guilty plea.
Claims of their relationship had emerged after Crosdale put Adair’s address on court documents, it is understood.
It comes after the Daily Mail revealed Adair had been suspended from her role at HMP Wandsworth due to what was then an alleged relationship with Crosdale.
Stephanie Adair has pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office over an alleged relationship with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth
Adair, 29, pictured outside Kingston Crown Court, had an inappropriate relationship with Jahki Crosdale, 28, at scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth
Crosdale, pictured aged 17, had previously been convicted of manslaughter following the death of Charlie Burns, 19
The affair took place at the same prison where prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu was filmed having sex with an inmate
The 29-year-old was temporarily banned from working in prisons or institutions where any individual is serving a sentence imposed by the courts, as part of a ‘conditions of practice’ order set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council last year.
Crosdale, who appeared on video link from HMP Manchester, admitted unauthorised transmission of images or sound from inside HMP Wandsworth and HMP Lowdham Grange between February 23 and October 23, 2024.
He was just 17 when he was convicted of the manslaughter of trainee plumber Charlie Burns in March 2015 and sentenced to six years in prison. He had stabbed him to death over a £150 cannabis debt.
In 2018, Crosdale was found with £2,000 worth of class A drugs, including heroin and cocaine, as he travelled from London to Aberdeen. He pleaded guilty to charges of the supply of class A drugs and was jailed for a year.
Crosdale was later also jailed for firearms and drug offences, and sent to HMP Wandsworth.
Adair’s father, David, previously told the Daily Mail the family is ‘very upset about the allegations against Stephanie’, saying: ‘We are very polite, decent people. We are both teachers.’
HMP Wandsworth was condemned as ‘England’s worst jail’ in August 2024 by the Howard League for Penal Reform, citing high levels of overcrowding, self-harm, violence and seven self-inflicted deaths over the previous 12 months.
It is the same prison where prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu was filmed having sex with inmate Linton Weirich.
Adair and Crosdale, who is on recall until 2029, were granted unconditional bail until their sentencing on February 9, 2027.
