Former Pc jailed for selling stories to the Sun
Ex-Surrey Pc Alan Tierney and Richard Trunkfield, who worked at high security Woodhill prison near Milton Keynes, were both sentenced at the Old Bailey.
Tierney, 40, sold details of the separate arrests of footballer John Terry’s mother and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, while Trunkfield passed on details about one of James Bulger’s killers, Jon Venables.
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Trunkfield has since resigned from Woodhill prison and Venables is no longer being held there, the court heard.
He received 16 months, while Tierney was jailed for 10 months.