Man jailed after fishing line was used to smuggle McMuffin to his girlfriend in prison

A man has been jailed for smuggling drugs, a knife and a McMuffin sandwich into Wormwood Scrubs prison in London. CCTV footage showed him outside the jail tying the goods to a fishing line that was pulled into a cell.



Karl Jensen, 27 and his girlfriend, Lisa Mary Hutchinson, 26, both of Ladbroke Grove, were sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday. Jensen was jailed for two and a half years and Hutchinson received a 12-month community order. Jensen pleaded guilty to seven charges including conspiracy to supply a class A drug and three counts of conveying an article into prison.





Hutchinson admitted allowing her home to be used for the supply of class A and class B drugs. Police officers were alerted when prison staff spotted Jensen and Hutchinson in Artillery Lane near the prison in October last year. Staff watched on CCTV as Jensen tied a bag to a fishing line and it was hauled up into the prison.


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The bag, which was found inside the cell, contained a five-inch blade, a Smartwatch, a mobile phone, cannabis and cocaine. Other smuggled goods included a McDonald's McMuffin, a plastic Kinder Surprise egg containing five Sim cards, a bottle of vodka and USB chargers. Det Con Andy Griffin said the combination of items "could have been deadly."