HMP Brixton Officer Charged With Drugs And Phones Plot

Leaving Court: Shannon Day

A female prison officer, accused of conspiring with two inmates to supply drugs and smuggle mobile phones into HMP Brixton, has appeared in court for the first time this week.

Shannon Day, 24, of Wells Park Road, Sydenham, south-east London appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court, where she is charged along with Bertil Baluba, 34, and Mark McBain, 62.

All three are jointly charged with conspiring between September 1 and October 31, 2022 to supply a quantity of cannabis.

They are all also charged with conspiring between the same dates to supply a quantity of synthetic ‘Spice Paper’ - a Class B drug.

All three are further charged with conspiring between the same dates to convey prohibited articles into HMP Brixton, namely three mobile phones and cables.

Day alone is charged with one count of misconduct in public office, namely while acting as a prison officer conspiring with an inmate to convey prohibited articles into the prison on October 24, 2022.

She is also charged with fraud by false representation between January 22, 2022 and February 9, 2023, namely failing to disclose she had visited a separate prisoner at HMP Lewis and HMP Maidstone, with intent to gain employment at HMP Brixton.

Day is also charged with possessing a quantity of cannabis on October 24, 2022.

Baluba, who appeared in court via videolink, is also charged with possessing a prohibited item in HMP Brixton on October 20, 2022, namely a mobile phone.

He is also charged with money laundering, namely transferring £2,170 of criminal property into the bank account of Day between September 1 and October 31, 2022.

All three will appear at Croydon Crown Court on January 7, next year with Day bailed on condition she does not contact her two co-defendants.