Three former HMP Nottingham prison officers have been found guilty of misconduct in a public office after they lied during an internal prison investigation over an assault.
Dean Kirk, 31 of Derby, was cleared of racially-aggravated common assault on a prisoner in his cell, on April 14, 2016, but found guilty on the lesser offence of common assault.
Joseph Wilson, 32, of Nottingham, and Daniel Botterall, 30, of Lincoln, were both found not guilty of racially-aggravated common assault.
All three were convicted on the misconduct charge - where the prosecution alleged the defendant's lied in the course of an internal prison investigation into the assault by Kirk.
All three men, who no longer work at the Sherwood prison, were bailed to been sentenced on October 30 at Nottingham Crown Court.
