A Surrey prison officer has been found guilty of encouraging an inmate to beat up a sex offender in a Banstead prison. James Cookson, 33, was found guilty at Guildford Crown Court on Monday (June 19) of two counts of wilful neglect or misconduct in a public office while working as a prison officer at HMP High Down. Cookson, from South Coast Road in Peacehaven, did not turn up for the trial and following his conviction Judge Robert Fraser adjourned sentencing until August 4 "In the hope that...
