Prison officer who had baby by inmate is jailed for 30 months
A prison officer who had a baby after conducting an affair with a young offender in his cell was jailed yesterday.
Kelly-Anne McDade, 31, gave birth to a boy in February after the relationship with Nelson Delgado, who had been listed as dangerous by officials.
McDade told colleagues at the Young Offenders' Institute in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, that she had become pregnant after a holiday relationship.
Jailed for 30 months: Prison officer Kelly-Anne McDade gave birth to a boy after a relationship with inmate Nelson Delgado
But she had to resign after she was caught on CCTV opening 21-year-old Delgado's cell door when all doors at the institution had been closed for the night in August 2008.
Judge Christopher Tyrer called her behaviour 'disgraceful' as he jailed her for 30 months at Aylesbury Crown Court.
'You engaged in a wholly improper sexual relationship with an inmate,' the judge said. 'He was in your care.' He said McDade would have been trained to report such matters to her superiors and added that the affair could have placed female colleagues at risk from other offenders who knew about it.
'They might have expected the other female officers to be susceptible to similar approaches. The consequences could have been very serious.'
Judge Tyrer added: 'Love is not an excuse.'
McDade, of Aylesbury, admitted misconduct in a public office and trying to smuggle three mobile phones into another young offenders' institution where her lover was moved when the affair came to light.
When her home was searched, police found a mobile phone with a message from Delgado, whom she visits regularly, reading: 'I love you my wife.'
They plan to set up home together when they are both freed and bring up their son together, who is now nine months old.
McDade had been employed at the young offenders' institution for three years when she started the relationship with Delgado last year.
Nigel Ogborne, prosecuting, said that when the prison governor found out Delgado was the father, he said the relationship 'could have caused a massive breach of security'.
Richard Germain, defending McDade, told the court: 'There is no doubt it was an inappropriate relationship, but Ms McDade would say "You can't help who you fall in love with".'
Mr Germain said the relationship had been going on for several months before McDade became pregnant.
A pregnant shark at a New Zealand aquarium was bitten by another shark, unexpectedly releasing four baby sharks in front of stunned visitors.
An aquarium spokeswoman said visitors saw the injured shark and alerted staff that they had also seen things float from the gaping wound.
'It (the bite) was on the side and very deep, it was like an impromptu C-section and the sharks actually got born out of the side,' said one woman who saw it happen.
Savage: The shark is recovering after being attacked in its aquarium. The stitches in its side are clearly visible (below)
The babies were removed from the tank to prevent stingrays and other sharks from eating them. When staff also moved the mother they found a further four sharks inside her.
The mother's wound was stitched by a vet at Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World in Auckland.
'She's doing well, but we're watching her closely as it's a one-off occurrence, so we're not sure how she'll do,' a spokeswoman said.
All eight baby sharks survived.
Aquarist Fiona Davies said it was common for sharks to take chunks out of each other, even in the wild, but she had never heard of anything like this.
Ms Davies said the unusual delivery had probably saved the baby sharks' lives.
If the mother had given birth naturally, most likely at night, the babies would have been eaten by adult sharks and stingrays before staff could rescue them.
Thriving: The baby sharks were removed from the aquarium to protect them from other sharks
Another staff member said: 'Once they are born they are on their own and parents do not hang around at all and they have to fend for themselves.'
Last week a Great White shark was caught off the coast of Australia after being attacked by another "Jaws" which took a huge chunk out of its victim.
He has eaten a big lunch and had a snooze on the beach. So this turtle is looking for a nice quiet journey home.
Rather than be crashed about on the breakers as he makes his way back out to sea, he ducks down to the sand for a smoother ride.
The Hawaiian green sea turtle makes the same journey every day to and from the Laniakea Beach in Hawaii, where he munches on seaweed and takes his rest.
Here comes the wave: A giant Hawaiian sea turtle prepares to ride the surf
He and his friends have been caught on camera by surf photographer Clark Little. Mr Little, 40, took the pictures this summer while shooting waves from below sea-level.
He said: 'The turtles often travel through the breaking waves. I usually run into them after they have been eating. What they try and do is swim under the wave, to avoid a thrashing.
The creatures barrel through the surf in their quest to reach the shore
'The turtles come to the shore to get the seaweed that grows there. They also swim in to sleep.' The creatures are so used to the routine, it is easy to imagine them enjoying the same laid-back surfer’s lifestyle as the turtles in Finding Nemo.
The Hawaiian sea turtles are reminiscent of the band of surfing turtles in 2003's Finding Nemo
Clark, who specialises in capturing images of the inside of breaking waves, has released the shots as part of a new book. The father-of-two gets his shots of the turtles by swimming in seas and crouching down with his waterproof camera to capture rarely seen views.
Clark, from Oahu, Hawaii, says he often risks his life to capture the photographs.
He said: 'I love the ocean - I am addicted to the waves. I'm always in the water before dawn to try and snap that perfect picture as the sun rises.'
It's sleek, it's fast, and it's reinforced with a ton of bullet-proof Kevlar armour.
The mean-looking Ady Gil is the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's newest weapon in their ongoing battle against Japanese whalers.
The trimaran - previously known as Earthrace - recently set the world powerboat record for circumnavigation.
Wave piercer: The ship can submarine up to 23 feet underwater and runs on renewable biodiesel fuel
The Ady Gil is capable of up to 50 knots and will be used to block harpoon ships from illegally slaughtering whales
Described as a ‘wave piercer’ which can submarine up to 23 feet underwater, the craft completed the round-the-world trip using 100 per cent renewable biodiesel fuel, with a net zero carbon footprint.
The 24,000 nautical mile journey took just 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes, smashing the previous record by over two weeks.
Now the newly-renamed vessel has been unveiled as the Sea Shepherd's new weapon in the organisation's sixth campaign against whaling, Operation Waltzing Mathilda, which will launch from Australia early next month.
The boat was relaunched in LA last month.
The Ady Gil looks like the Batmobile, right
Earthrace was renamed as a tribute to the ship’s benefactor, Hollywood businessman Ady Gil, who donated two thirds towards the $1.5m cost.
The craft, which is capable of up to 50 knots, will be used to intercept and physically block harpoon ships from illegally slaughtering whales.
In preparation for its journey, a ton of Kevlar armour has been added to the Ady Gil to limit damage caused by the Antarctic ice – technically making it bullet proof too.
Captain Paul Watson, who is the Sea Shepherd President and Founder, told the Globe and Mail: ‘It looks like the kind of boat Batman would drive.'
The underside of the boat is armed with two giant propellers capable of hitting speeds of 50 knots
Captain Paul Watson is joined by ardent environmentalist and Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah prior to his anti-whaling missing last year
Skirmishes have broken out between Japanese whalers and the group in the past, more often involving stink bombs than bullets.
But Sea Shepherd is upping the ante with the Ady Gil. It will be joined by the group’s flagship, Steve Irwin (which is capable of 19 knots), as they head to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
‘We’re very excited that the Ady Gil will be joining the Steve Irwin in Antarctica this campaign,' Captain Watson said.
‘With these two ships, we will mount the most ambitious and aggressive effort to date to obstruct the slaughter of the whales in the Southern Ocean.’
Chuck Swift, deputy CEO, said: ‘The Ady Gil gives us the speed necessary to catch and stay with the Japanese whaling fleet.
‘We are very optimistic that with these two ships, and some other surprises, we will shut down whaling in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.’
Watson added: ‘Our objective is to literally sink the Japanese fleet – economically. To bankrupt them, and we’re doing pretty well on that.
‘They haven’t made a profit in three years.’
The Ady Gil and the Steve Irwin are the two remaining ships in the Sea Shepherd Society’s fleet. A third vessel – the Farley Mowat – was sent to protest against Canadian seal hunting last year and was seized by officials.
Sister ship: The Steve Irwin will be joining the Ady Gil on its Operation Waltzing Matilda mission
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