Karina Kantas
Headline
Shocked
The public is in morning over the death of Jenny Castle.
Our own Jenny Castle was sentenced to twenty days in prison for refusing
to reveal the name of her informant who was a key witness
in the publicized Barlow case.
Jenny was sent to Morton, a female maximum-security prison until her next court appearance due on the 12th September. After the sentence, the judge added. “You will have plenty of time to reflect on your decision and I hope that the next time we meet you will have a change of mind.”
The public was outraged at the sentence and supported Jenny’s decision not to reveal her source.
She spent ten days of her sentence before being transferred to Turnworth, security facility.
With the public support Jenny received, and after numerous rallies and petitions calling for her release, the high court over-ruled the judges decision. Jenny was to be released Thursday morning.
One supporter said. ”She should never have been sent to Morton. She wasn’t a criminal. I would have done the same thing in her shoes.”
The prison wardens raised the alarm when Jenny failed to show up for breakfast. Her body was discovered in her cell.
She died from multiple stab wounds to the chest.
An official enquiry is underway.
Jenny had been a reporter for Light and Dark for seven years. We hail her for sticking to her ethics. She will be sadly missed.
Death contract
Allegations have come to light that Jenny Castle had received repeated death threats from inmates of Morton, the maximum-security prison where Jenny spent ten, of her twenty day sentence, before being transferred to Turnworth, a facility for petty crime prisoners.
Jenny, who died from repeated stab wounds to the chest, was due to be released this Thursday after a high court overruled the sentencing judge’s decision.
Jenny’s mother told reporters. “Jenny never talked to us about what went on in Morton. But the last time I saw my daughter she looked pale and drawn. I knew something was wrong. She never told anyone about the death threats; she didn’t want to be labeled as an informant. It’s ironic that’s what has happened.”
One insider from Morton, told our reporter. ”Jenny was on friendly speaking terms with the guards, which is a big No, no in here. Most of the women seemed to think she was a snitch. She got labeled and it followed her. I reckon they had someone on the inside.”
Jenny’s body was found in her cell, the first morning after her transfer to Turnworth.
The enquiry is still underway.