Convicted murderer caught with illegal SIM cards in Polmont YOI

By Court Reporter
Published 13th Oct 2022, 17:10 BST
Updated 14th Oct 2022, 15:36 BST
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An offender who stabbed someone to death when she was just 17 was caught in possession of unauthorised mobile phone SIM cards.

Jolene Doherty (21) appeared from custody via video link at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having pleaded guilty to possessing the unauthorised SIM cards at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in June this year.

Procurator fiscal depute Melissa Phillips said staff at the YOI carried out an early morning search of Doherty’s cell and found one unauthorised SIM card inside a prison issue mobile phone and another three unauthorised SIM cards in a small bag.

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The court heard Doherty’s earliest release date was January 10, 2036.

Sheriff Alison Michie sentenced Doherty to four months in prison to run consecutively to her current sentence.

Doherty was 17 when she stabbed Conner Cowper (18) in the neck at a house party in Holytown, North Lanarkshire, on April 14, 2018 and left him to bleed to death.