Twenty one people charged over prison smuggling operation

A total of 21 people have been charged in connection with smuggling cannabis and mobile phones into HMP Gartree in Market Harborough.

The charges follow a lengthy and complex investigation by detectives working in the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) Regional Prison Intelligence Unit.

The offences are alleged to have occurred between 1 June 2022 and 6 October 2022.

Jamie Speirs, 30, of Stowe Drive, Rugby, has been charged with:

- Holder of a public office wilfully neglected to perform duty / wilfully misconducted himself

- Two counts of conspiracy to supply a class B drug

- Two counts of conspiracy to convey a list B prohibited article into prison

Speirs was a serving prison officer at HMP Gartree at the time of the alleged offences.

The following 20 people have all being charged with one count of conspiracy to supply a class B drug and one count of conspiracy to convey a list B prohibited article into prison.

-             Horace Campbell, 42, of HMP Swaleside

-             Paul Connor, 34, of Fenton Close, Liverpool

-             Caitlin Dinham, 27, Bellasis Street, Stafford

-             Martin Flaherty, 38, of Attlee Road, Huyton, Liverpool

-             Devan Garner, 29, of HMP Lowdham Grange

-             George Garvey, 31, Haymans Close, Liverpool

-             Tinisha Lindsay, 34, of Haydon Way, Wandsworth, London

-             Cori Lindsey, 32, of HMP Aylesbury

-             Daiva Maciuliene, 52, of Wilberforce Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

-             Sarunas Maciulis, 28, of HMP Gartree

-             Carl Madigan, 31, of HMP Garth

-             Raimundas Matusevicius, 47, of Wilberforce Road, Wisbech,

Cambridgeshire

-             Sean Mercer, 35, HMP Manchester

-             Suleman Mohamed, 29, of HMP Gartree

-             Jesimiel Morris, 38, of Glendale Avenue, Leicester

-             Carleto Salmons, 43, of HMP Gartree

-             Valdas Stanevicius, 46, of Wilberforce Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

-             Kelly Waldron, 54, of St Margarets Way, Leicester

-             Rebecca Wallace, 39, of Mallard Walk, Beckenham, Kent

-             Carly Wilcox, 37, of Longfellow Green, Kidderminster, Worcestershire

All suspects are due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Monday 29 June.

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Picture credit RGDRONES

Leicestershire Police News - Published: 14:22 25/06/2026