Prison officer and mum-of-two Heather McKenzie bonded with Maryhill Park killer Zak Malavin.
Heather McKenzie, 31, bonded with Zak Malavin while working as an operations officer at HMP Shotts, which houses some of Scotland's most notorious criminals.
Police raided her home in Forth, Lanarkshire, in October 2020 and found £2,500 in cash, mobile phones, syringes, steroids, and cocaine and benzocaine.Phone analysis discovered a string of messages between Malavin and McKenzie who met with criminals to be given drugs, phones and money. "This operation was initiated after disclosures were made to SPS surrounding the involvement of serving prison officers in corrupt and criminal practices including the supply of controlled drugs and the introduction of mobile phones to the prison.
"Further, consistent intelligence was received purporting that the accused had formed a close relationship with a prisoner who is serving a life sentence." "The relationship continued with both the accused and the prisoner initiating conversations regarding the introduction of controlled drugs and money into HMP Shotts and the accused appeared to have been paid money to do so.
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