Prison officer ‘shared illicit secret calls with inmate who severed man’s leg with machete in horror attack’

A PRISON officer shared illicit phone calls with an inmate who severed a man’s leg in a machete attack, a court heard. Heather Pinchbeck allegedly made the secret calls while working at HMP Dovegate in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. She is accused of speaking to Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017 for…