An Inverness man who paid a prison officer to smuggle mobile phones into the city’s prison will be sentenced next month.
Anthony Grieve, 42, of Lochalsh Road, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted illegally introducing a prohibited article into Porterfield Prison in 2016 by aiding and abetting prison officer John Wallace.
The court was told he had paid Wallace, who was jailed for his part in the enterprise, hundreds of pounds to smuggle the phones past his fellow guards.
Police found Grieve’s telephone number during a search of Wallace’s vehicle and home.
Officers then raided Grieve’s home and found multiple mobile phones, identical to the ones found in the prison.
Defence solicitor advocate Shahid Latif asked that sentence be deferred for a background report on his client, who had previously served prison sentences.
He explained Grieve’s wife was ill and depended on her partner for support.
Grieve will re-appear on August 24.
Inverness man paid prison officer to smuggle mobile phones into the city’s prison
