CONVICTED: A former HMP Hewell worker has been convicted. (Image: Newsquest)
A PRISON support worker has been convicted of misconduct after a prisoner arrested for Herefordshire offence took his own life.
Graham Evans, 66, was on overnight duty at HMP Hewell on Thursday, June 7 2018, and was required to check on high-risk prisoner Mesut Olgun four times every hour.
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He recorded that he had carried out a total of 33 checks but CCTV footage later revealed he had performed only 15, leaving Olgun unsupervised for significant periods of time.
Olgun was in custody after being arrested for stabbing a police officer and a dog in Bromyard. He had also harmed himself.
Evans was found guilty of misconduct in public office on November 17. He will be sentenced on January 19.
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