The Scottish Daily Record reports
A prison officer caught with bags of cocaine and cannabis in the car park of HMP Edinburgh has escaped a jail sentence.
David Lee Smith, 52, was sitting in his car at the capital prison when police swooped on him after receiving a tip-off he was in possession of the drugs.
During a search of his vehicle officers discovered cocaine worth £300 and wraps of cannabis worth more than £600.
The disgraced prison warder was also found to be in possession of 181 street Valium tablets called Etizolam when his vehicle was searched last September.
Smith, from Bo’ness, near Falkirk, pleaded guilty to possessing quantities of Class A, B and C drugs when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month.
A plea of not guilty to intending to take cocaine into the prison was accepted by the Crown.
He was back in the dock for sentencing yesterday where defending solicitor Mr Rodgers told the court his client had been “badgered” by a prisoner to collect a parcel of drugs.
Mr Rodgers added: “This has had a severe impact on my client’s life but at the end of the day he’s not a daft lad but is a big boy.
Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/shamed-scots-prison-guard-caught-24723896
