‘I just wanted to reassure inmate’s mum that he was ok’

A jail boss accused of carrying out an unauthorised check on a prisoner claimed he did it to ‘reassure’ the inmate’s mother. Pete Nichols, 49, held senior roles at HMP Wormwood Scrubs including Head of Intelligence and Security and Head of Business Assurance . His wife Jessica Nichols, 42, had worked at Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution since 2017 and was head of security, Southwark Crown Court has heard. Nichols along with convicted criminal Gareth Casella, 43, allegedly carried out a…