Ex-policeman gave inmates details of 87 officers, court told

Personal details of up to 87 police officers have allegedly been passed to inmates in a high security prison in the North by a jailed ex-policeman, a court has heard.

Kyle Martin Jones, aged 27, is accused of handing over the lists inside HMP Maghaberry, Co Antrim, during the last three months in exchange for coffee, cigarettes and food.

The former officer from Ballyclare, Co Antrim, who had been on remand in the prison on robbery charges, appeared at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court charged under the Terrorism Act with collecting information that could be used by terrorists.