R (Coleman) v Governor of Wayland Prison and another; [2009] WLR (D) 132
“While a mobile telephone found in the possession of a prisoner might properly be taken away from him, neither rule 43(5) of the Prison Rules 1999 nor the common law provided a prison governor with power to destroy the mobile telephone.”
WLR Daily, 6th April 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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