Birmingham Crown Court jailed prison psychologist Amber-Renee Gayle for 28 months.

The 28 months is the sentence on the three counts the Daily Mail reported she admitted. Fourteen months, a consecutive eight, and six more is the split the paper printed. Williams's extra 14 months is added when he reaches parole eligibility in 2043, and a cannabis count the August story left open is not part of the term the sentencing story described.

The Daily Mail reported, in a story published at 2:21 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, and updated at 2:28 a.m. EDT on Thursday, that Her Honour Judge Sarah Buckingham sentenced Dr. Amber-Renee Gayle, 32, at Birmingham Crown Court to 28 months in prison. The paper reported 14 months for conspiracy to convey banned items into prison, a consecutive eight months for misconduct in public office, and an additional six months for computer misuse. The Daily Mail calls the judge Her Honour Sarah Buckingham and, later, Her Honour Judge Buckingham. Buckingham said Gayle was guilty of a "gross breach of trust." The paper reported the judge told her that her behaviour "has contributed to a loss of confidence in the prison service," and that "Corruption creates an unsafe environment for those working in the system." The paper reported the judge also said, "You were given additional training to reinforce boundaries which clearly did not work," and, "Far from being under the thumb of Williams you were the equal of him, if not in charge." Those lines are the sentencing remarks the Daily Mail printed.

The Daily Mail reported Gayle began work in June 2021, at age 27, as a psychology practitioner at HMP Swinfen Hall, a closed young offenders' institution outside Lichfield. An Aug. 4 story in the same paper described it as a Category C training prison that specialises in housing those aged 18 to 25. Williams is 24. The sentencing story reported that concerns were raised in early 2024, that she was given counter-corruption training, and that in May 2024 she and Williams began a relationship. He is serving a minimum 25-year term for murder. The paper reported they exchanged more than 12,000 messages on secret phones over six months in 2024. It reported the prosecution estimated they smuggled 35 mobile phones, three chargers, four dongles, and nine SIM cards, hidden in a hollowed-out dictionary, a Heinz baked bean tin, or a can of Monster energy drink. Prosecutor Daniel White said the converted containers let her conceal the items on the way in. The paper reported the court heard they would charge £50 for a SIM card, £500 for a USB stick, and up to £2,000 for an iPhone, and that the prosecution put the takings at up to £9,550 while the defence said the true figure was around half. The Aug. 4 story reported she admitted misconduct in public office over the relationship, admitted the computer-misuse count, and admitted conspiring to bring a phone and SIM cards into the jail.

The sentencing story reported the six months followed her admission of computer misuse, using the prison's National Offender Management Information System to obtain information about serving prisoners. The paper reported she had checked the whereabouts of another inmate for Williams and had warned him about cell searches. Rachel Roberts, a consultant psychologist at Swinfen Hall, said in a statement the paper reported was read in court that Gayle's actions "had a devastating impact on the service, causing confusion and anger and impacting on the ability of those who we treat to trust the service itself." In mitigation, Stephen Akinsanya MBE called the case "a tragedy" and described Gayle as a "young lady of previously exemplary character who had an unblemished record at school and university." Williams appeared by video link. The body of the sentencing story said the link was from HMP Birmingham. A caption on the same story said it was from Swinfen Hall. The paper reported he had admitted conspiring to smuggle banned items into prison and having a mobile phone in his cell, and that the judge ordered 14 months added when his parole date arrives. It reported he will not be considered for parole until 2043. It reported he was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in 2022 for the machete murder of Hussein Al-Saabri, 23, in Harrow, north-west London, in 2020. His barrister, Justin Jarmola, said Williams wished to "express his apology and deep remorse and regret at placing Miss Gayle in the position she is today."

The Aug. 4 story reported Gayle pleaded not guilty to conveying cannabis into the prison, and that prosecutors were given 14 days to decide whether to seek a trial on that count against each of them. The October sentencing story did not mention the cannabis count, and it did not put that count inside the 28 months. The 14 months, the consecutive eight months, and the additional six months are the sentence the Daily Mail reported on the conspiracy, the misconduct count, and the computer-misuse admission. Williams's 14 months is an addition to a 2022 murder sentence, timed to his 2043 parole date, on the admissions the paper reported. A sentence on counts a defendant has admitted is the judgment on those counts. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.