Regional: Man sentenced for possession of mobile phone in prison in Bicester
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Ian Greenwood, aged 33, pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing at Oxford Crown Court last Friday February 18.
Greenwood was found in possession of the phone during a search by staff in March last year.
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Investigating officer Detective Constable Rebecca Sewell, from Banbury CID, said: “We know that the use of mobile phones in prison can have a detrimental impact on the safe day-to-day running of prisons, both for staff and other inmates.
“Their use will not be tolerated and we will prosecute those found with them in their possession.”