A NURSE who exchanged intimate letters with a prisoner and let another kiss and touch her has been struck off.

The latter incident involved Cheryl Sutcliffe in May 2018 while she was working at HMP Leeds in Armley - a jail that's home to many Bradford prisoners.

Following an investigation in September of that year, she resigned from her mental health nurse position at the prison.

Although this did not stop her from sending explicit letters and a ‘jail mate card’ with a picture of herself included to another inmate.

Within the jail card, it said: “I can’t wait to get my hands on you you naughty little f***er. Don’t be flirting with any of them nurses in there or il snap her neck clean in half haaaaa xxx”

In the letters, it said: “…And if you started s***gging a nurse in there Id be well f***ed off haha I’d wana kill you, although I wouldn’t say owt, but I don’t want you doing owt like that before I’ve had a chance to get my hands on you.”

“…Then me & you are going & all we are gona do is just s**g like f**k! I cant wait ha.”

In another letter, Miss Sutcliffe states: “I cant wait to see your lovely sexy face again. I can’t f**kin wait to kiss those f**kin lips properly…”

On May 3, CCTV footage allegedly captured Miss Sutcliffe being "overfamiliar" with Prisoner A, allowing him to kiss and touch her without challenging him.

A day later, she was suspended by the Prison Deputy Governor. Miss Sutcliffe was subsequently allowed to return to her role pending further investigation.

In September 2018, an Intelligence Report included allegations that Miss Sutcliffe had been going into prisoner’s cells closing the door behind her and engaging in flirtatious behaviour.

Miss Sutcliffe was suspended by the prison and subsequently resigned from her role at the prison on September 24.

In November 2018, a search of Prisoner M’s cell found correspondence allegedly from Miss Sutcliffe.

Last week, The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) axed Miss Sutcliffe – who did not attend the three-day hearing – from its register.

The NMC said: "The panel determined that on both occasions Miss Sutcliffe abused her privileged position.

"The panel considered that a fellow member of the nursing profession would consider Miss Sutcliffe’s actions as deplorable.

"The panel, therefore, concluded that Miss Sutcliffe’s actions did fall seriously short of the conduct and standards expected of a nurse."