And finally… confused counsel for the accused

An organised crime boss who was regularly counselled in prison by a “human rights lawyer” was actually sleeping with her, it has emerged.

The nameless Mafia boss, jailed somewhere in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast, was caught in the act after a hidden camera was placed in his cell.

The long private sessions with the supposed lawyer aroused suspicions, leading to the secret surveillance.

A prison spokesman said: “It was noted that their counselling sessions seemed to take rather longer than usual.”

When prison guards reviewed the tape, they found no evidence that legal advice was being given at all.

A video clip showing the pair just before and after the act appeared online after it was leaked by Russian local media.

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