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20/01/2014
Former Broadmoor Worker Pleads Guilty To Corruption
A 32-year-old man has been given a suspended sentence for passing information to tabloid newspapers.
32-year-old Alan Ostler, of Uxbridge, north-west London, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office in 2008, when he worked as an assistant technical instructor at the high-security Broadmoor hospital.
He was sentenced to 18 months, suspended, and 150 hours of community work.
Ostler was arrested under the Met's Operation Elveden, which was established to investigate corrupt payments to police and public officials.
(MH/IT)
32-year-old Alan Ostler, of Uxbridge, north-west London, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office in 2008, when he worked as an assistant technical instructor at the high-security Broadmoor hospital.
He was sentenced to 18 months, suspended, and 150 hours of community work.
Ostler was arrested under the Met's Operation Elveden, which was established to investigate corrupt payments to police and public officials.
(MH/IT)
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