Jailed killer exposed looking for ‘love’ on dating site Plenty of Fish using smuggled iPhone
The lag has chatted up a single mum who felt 'vulnerable' after the contact and also said 'it sounds like he's in a holiday camp'
A JAILED killer is trying to find love on dating site Plenty of Fish using a smuggled iPhone.
Ben Holtom, 37, was locked up 17 years ago for stabbing to death Harold Costello.
His Benjiboyh profile says he “wants to find a special woman to marry” and “if u like bad boys here I am.”
He also posts pictures of himself boxing in his cell.
When a single mum, who we are not naming, chatted to him he told her: “I’m in jail rite now but due out soon and want a fresh start.”
The mum, 38 wrote: “Wow how are you on here then?” He said: “Coz Iv got an i fone lol. Iv got data to go online.”
The woman told The Sun: “It sounds like he’s in a holiday camp. I feel vulnerable that a killer could contact me and possibly others so easily.
“It just goes to show anyone can use the dating service.”
Holtom, who is at HMP Thorn Cross in Cheshire, also told the mum he killed his stepdad. But he said in court that Mr Costello, 43, was a pal of his dad and claimed both abused him as a kid.
Holtom got life for the 2001 manslaughter in Gloucester.
The sentence was reduced on appeal due to his psychopathic disorder.
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He could get two years added for using a mobile in jail.
The Prison Service, which is spending £2million on blocking signals, said: “This behaviour is completely unacceptable.
“We are working to get the content removed from social media. Those breaking rules face extra time behind bars.”
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