OLD BAILEY SECURITY OFFICER JAILED FOR THEFT

Old Bailey security guard jailed for robbing lawyers

By MIKE SULLIVAN

Published: 16 Jun 2011
THE SUN

AN Old Bailey security guard was jailed for stealing phones, cash and WIGS from lawyers.

Police launched an undercover operation after QCs reported a series of thefts from their private robing room — one of the few areas of the famous court not covered by CCTV.
Hidden cameras were installed and Ifamuyiwa Callisto was caught sneaking in during court sessions and rifling through lawyers' lockers and jackets — 30 minutes after he called in sick.
He also took a wallet that had been deliberately planted by cops and stuffed with dummy cash.
Dad-of-three Callisto, 52, was arrested moments later.
Police caught him with the photocopied banknotes and another wallet belonging to a leading lawyer.
A search of the guard's home in Tower Hamlets, East London, uncovered £1,900 of designer pens belonging to another leading QC.
Nigerian Callisto, an ex-nurse who worked on the front desk monitoring staff and visitors at the Old Bailey, told cops: "It was easy pickings."
Callisto, who admitted three theft charges, was jailed for six months by Westminster Magistrates' Court.