Prison governor and his wife ‘gave secret information to criminals’

A prison governor and his wife appeared in court today (Fri) for allegedly handing secret information to criminals. Pete Nichols, 47, a corruption prevention manager at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, allegedly enabled the government restricted information to be obtained between 7 November and 15 December 2021. Nichols and Gareth Casella, 42, are charged with conspiracy to cause a computer to perform a function to enable unauthorised access to data and the additional substantive offence. Pete Nichols is also charged with possession…