Prison boss cleared of misconduct

A jail boss weeps with relief after he was cleared of making unauthorised checks on inmates using the prison computer system. Pete Nichols, 49, held senior roles at HMP Wormwood Scrubs including head of intelligence and security and head of business assurance. Mr Nichols and his wife Jessica – also charged with one count of making an unauthorised check – sobbed as the unanimous not guilty verdicts were announced. When his friend Gareth Casella, 43, was locked up for six…