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Woman jailed over plot to expose key witness in murder trial - BBC News

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A police worker who seduced a detention officer to find the identity of a witness in her boyfriend's murder trial has been jailed.

Lydia Lauro, 33, got a job at Hammersmith Police Station after her boyfriend was jailed for his part in a shooting.

From Woman jailed over plot to expose key witness in murder trial - BBC News

Broadly speaking, having the police hire someone whose partner has just gone to jail for a gangland murder suggests that screening processes might need to be improved in the future, but that’s not my main point.

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