A former CPS paralegal who accessed a case file without authorisation has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended, for 18 months. Kiera Greenslade, 27, used the Crown Prosecution Service’s internal database to find and send a picture of her then-boyfriend’s police national computer record in 2021.
Greenslade, of Luton, Bedfordshire, was employed as a paralegal officer by CPS Thames and Chiltern. Her boyfriend at the time was suspected, and later convicted of, a ‘serious criminal offence’.
She messaged him to say she had searched through ‘hundreds of cases in north London’ and had checked listings to see if he was appearing in any remand courts. Later, Greenslade accessed a case file and sent a screenshot of information relating to the police investigation to her boyfriend from the CPS secure case management system.
All users of the CPS case management system are warned that cases can be accessed only for ‘legitimate business needs’ and screenshots or screen recordings must not be taken.
Greenslade admitted misconduct in public office and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, as well as 15 rehabilitation activity days.
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A CPS spokesperson said: ‘Greenslade abused her position as a paralegal to try and help a man suspected of, and later convicted of, a serious criminal offence. She ignored warnings on the login page [of the case management system] which clearly tells users you can only access case files for a legitimate business purpose or with the authorisation of your line manager.
‘While cases like this are extremely rare, the CPS will not stand idly by and allow anyone, including our own staff, to abuse a position of power to benefit criminals.’
