Ex-Wormwood Scrubs chief VANESSA FRAKE recalls Myra Hindley making her a nice cup of tea

It was mid-morning when a bunch of us prison officers at HMP Holloway were asked to escort four prisoners to Cookham Wood in Kent – which was then, in 1986, a women’s jail. We were met by a female senior officer who peered into our van and bellowed: ‘Myra!’ ‘Cor blimey!’ said one of the … Read more

Ex-Wormwood Scrubs chief VANESSA FRAKE recalls Myra Hindley making her a nice cup of tea

It was mid-morning when a bunch of us prison officers at HMP Holloway were asked to escort four prisoners to Cookham Wood in Kent – which was then, in 1986, a women’s jail. We were met by a female senior officer who peered into our van and bellowed: ‘Myra!’ ‘Cor blimey!’ said one of the … Read more