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Court Worker Gets Two Years for Leaking Warrant Details in Organised-Crime Probe

An internal audit with device forensics exposed her unauthorised access, hampering Operation Encanto.

Overview

  • Alexandra Power, 40, an administrative officer at South Sefton Magistrates' Court, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to perverting the course of justice and unauthorised computer access.
  • Investigators said she accessed a warrants email about 98 times over two days and photographed court systems linked to 25 planned searches.
  • Prosecutors said she passed details via associate Thomas Roberts to target Kane Omar, whose phone contained a screenshot list of 25 files and a photo of a Post-It naming him.
  • On arrest, officers recovered the original Post-It, other handwritten notes, and a printout relating to Roberts from her handbag and car.
  • The judge said her actions rendered drugs and firearms warrants unusable, and HMCTS worked with police on a security review to prevent a repeat.