A DISGRACED ex-cop hid her romance with her murderer husband then helped him launder drugs money.
Stephanie Heaps, now known as Stephanie Ramsden, has been jailed.
She met Leon 'Layton' Ramsden, 35, while he was serving life for murder at HMP Wymott in Leyland.
She was working as a prison officer at the time. Ramsden was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 17 years, in 2010 after killing Paul Gilligan, 31, at a Bolton pub.
Manchester Police A Greater investigation found Heaps, 32, had links to an organised crime group associated with Ramsden, which was involved in money laundering, drug dealing and a burglary conspiracy.
She was sentenced to four years and three months at Bolton Crown Court yesterday. Police bosses said she had a 'brazen disregard' for the profession.
The pair are now married. A bizarre Al-generated image of the pair tying the knot was posted on social media.
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