A PRISON watchdog chair kept a creepy pillow of a convicted killer lag she sent sexual messages to – complete with a fabric gun.
Helen Spree swapped the steamy messages with Dylan Westall, 35, who was serving a life sentence for shooting dead a teen in 2019.
Helen Spree exchanged cards and messages with Dylan Westall Credit: .
The pillow Spree kept of her lag lover’s face Credit: PA
The 63-year-old had a tattoo on her chest of a bumblebee holding a love heart with the word “Masterpiece” – Westall’s nickname for Spree.
Spree even kept a custom-made pillow at her home of the killer’s face, which was embossed with a gun.
The randy mum-of-two also sexted two other inmates at HMP over a 20-month period.
She began referring to herself as the “prison version of ” because she smuggled in , mobile phones, sim cards and chargers to lags.
Spree has now been jailed for five years Credit: PA
She had a tattoo featuring Westall’s nickname for her Credit: PA
Spree has now been jailed for five years and three months after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office, conspiracy to supply cannabis and conspiracy to convey prohibited items into prison.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Spree was responsible for checking were treated in a “just” and “humane” manner as head of the independent monitoring board at Walton jail in Liverpool.
This meant she had her own set of prison keys and could visit inmates at any time as part of her voluntary position.
But the former sales director abused her role by sparking up relationships with prisoners.
Westall wrote a card to Spree Credit: .
She sent a card to another lag lover Credit: .
Her tryst with Westall started just months into the life sentence he was handed for the manslaughter of James Meadows, 17, who was shot dead while riding as pillion a passenger on a motorbike in Huyton, Merseyside.
She treated the relationship like a “teenager’s first love” and received a thank you card from him which read: “You Master Piece. Hugs and Kisses, Dylan xxxxx.”
Spree also had a fling with Thomas Porterfield, 44, and a third inmate, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
A probe was launched after 78 reports were received that Spree had become “over-familiar” with some prisoners, was having inappropriate contact with them, and was conveying articles into prison.
A forensic search of her phone revealed she had been in contact with Porterfield, Westall, and the other inmate and that she had ferried items into prison over a 20-month period.
She was helped by Westall’s brother Michael Westall, 28, who handed her items during arranged meetings outside the jail.
Westall and Porterfield pleaded guilty at earlier hearings to conspiracy to supply cannabis and convey prohibited items into prison.
The killer received a 12-month sentence, which he will serve in addition to his minimum life term, while Porterfield received 22 months in custody, suspended for 18 months.
The third inmate was jailed for two years and 10 months after he admitted conspiracy to convey prohibited items, including cannabis, into prison.
Westall’s brother was sentenced to 20 months in custody, suspended for 18 months, after he admitted conspiracy to supply cannabis and convey prohibited items into prison.
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