Prison governor jailed for affair with drug boss

“RISING star” prison governor has been jailed for nine years after having a relationship with a Liverpool drug gang boss, according to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU).

- PRESS ASSOCIATION REPORTERS

Kerri Pegg, 42, swapped her Honda Jazz for a £12,000 Mercedes C class car, paid for by 34 kilos of amphetamines by Anthony Saunderson, a major organised crime boss, who is now serving 35 years behind bars.

Divorcee Pegg, described in court as “petite, blonde and bubbly, signed off on temporary release for Saunderson while she was a governor at HMP Kirkham, Lancashire.

When anti-corruption police raided Pegg’s apartment they found expensive jewellery and designer clothes, along with size 10 Hugo Boss slip-ons and a toothbrush with Saunderson’s DNA.