A prison nurse who struck up a romance with a drug-dealing killer in HMP Wandsworth has pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office.
Stephanie Adair, 29, had an inappropriate relationship with Jahki Crosdale, 28, at scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth between September 1, 2023 and November 2, 2024.
Adair, of Southwark, admitted misconduct in public office for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with Crosdale.
The 29-year-old 'wilfully misconducted herself' by having an 'inappropriate' relationship with Crosdale, Kingston Crown Court heard.
She also maintained a relationship with the convicted killer through contact via his 'illicit mobile phone', the court was told.
Crosdale admitted unauthorised transmission of images or sound from inside HMP Wandsworth and HMP Lowdham Grange between February 23 and October 23, 2024.
Addressing Adair, Judge Georgina Kent said: ‘The purpose of the reports being obtained is in order to help you, so you need to cooperate with those reports.
‘It’s very important between now and then you don’t commit any offences at all, and you must attend on 9 February 2027.’
Stephanie Adair (pictured has pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office over an alleged relationship with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth
Adair, 29, (pictured outside Kingston Crown Court today) had an inappropriate relationship with Jahki Crosdale, 28, at scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth between September 1, 2023 and November 2, 2024
Crosdale (pictured at 17) had previously been convicted of manslaughter following the death of Charlie Burns, 19
The affair took place at the same prison where prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu (pictured) was filmed having sex with an inmate
The judge told Crosdale, who appeared on video link from HMP Manchester, that the same requirement to attend also applied to him.
‘Mr Crosdale, if you are still in custody on that day, I’ve been asked for you to be brought here.’
She warned: ‘If you don’t attend, sentence can proceed without you.’
Adair and Crosdale, who is on recall until 2029, were granted unconditional bail until their sentencing on February 9, 2027.
It comes after the Daily Mail revealed Adair had been suspended from her role at HMP Wandsworth due to what was then an alleged relationship with Crosdale.
The 29-year-old was temporarily banned from working in prisons or institutions where any individual is serving a sentence imposed by the courts as part of a 'conditions of practice' order set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council last year.
Claims of their relationship had emerged after Crosdale put her address on court documents, it is understood.
Her father, David Adair, previously told the Daily Mail the family is 'very upset about the allegations against Stephanie', but added they 'can't talk about the case' as it is ongoing.
He continued: 'It's very frustrating. We can't say anything about the case. And Stephanie can't speak to anyone about it at the moment.
'We are very polite, decent people. We are both teachers.
'We have been unable to talk to our friends about it. We can't speak to anybody about it.'
Crosdale was just 17 when he was convicted of the manslaughter of trainee plumber Charlie Burns in March 2015 and sentenced to six years in prison.
He had stabbed him to death over a £150 cannabis debt.
In 2018, Crosdale was found with £2,000 worth of class A drugs, including heroin and cocaine, as he travelled from London to Aberdeen. He pleaded guilty to charges of the supply of class A drugs and was jailed for a year.
Crosdale was later also jailed for firearms and drug offences and sent to HMP Wandsworth.
HMP Wandsworth was condemned as 'England's worst jail' in August 2024 by the Howard League for Penal Reform, citing high levels of overcrowding, self-harm, violence and seven self-inflicted deaths over the previous 12 months.
It is the same prison where prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu was filmed having sex with inmate Linton Weirich.