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Disgraced Stephen Bear's fiancée Jessica Smith appeared to break visiting rules by filming herself visiting him in prison.
The maximum penalty for using a camera inside a jail is two years behind bars and a hefty fine.
Ex reality TV star Bear is currently serving 21 months behind bars and has been placed on the sex offenders register for sharing footage of him having sex with former partner Georgia Harrison without her permission.
This week, his partner Jessica filmed herself at HMP Chelmsford where she visited him inside for the first time.
Bear is only allowed visits of 1hr and 15 minutes from loved ones if they are booked in advance.
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She uploaded footage to TikTok, captioned: "Come with me on a visit to see my boyfriend."
Stephen Bear pictured with fiancée Jessica Smith (Twitter/@stephen__bear)Former Ex on the Beach cast member Jessica filmed herself dressing in a long sleeved, long legged romper before she showed the prison door and said: "Lots of waiting around".
Once inside she showed off her acrylic nails with the initials S.B and panned the camera to the HMP wristband.
The short clip was captioned: "So good to see him but sad because I can't see him for another two weeks."
But Jessica appears to have broken the rules by filming herself inside the prison.
The 1952 Prison Act states: "[It is an offence relating to prison security to] take a photograph, or make a sound-recording, inside a prison or transmits, or causes to be transmitted, any image from inside a prison by electronic communications for simultaneous reception outside the prison."
The Act also states the penalty could be: "Conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine (or both)."
Stephen Bear's fiancée Jessica Smith (Twitter/@Jessica_Smithxo)
Jessica Smith visited him behind bars (Twitter/@Jessica_Smithxo)Bear, 33, was found guilty of leaking footage to the OnlyFans site without Georgia’s consent.
Prosecutor Hannah von Dadelszen hit out at the Celebrity Big Brother winner for showing a “complete lack of remorse” for his actions.
She added that he never took responsibility for his abusive behaviour and even blamed his Love Island star victim.
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Sources close to disgraced Bear claimed he had been "crying for days" after being detained behind bars at His Majesty's pleasure.
He was arrested in January 2021 after a trip to Dubai and later charged in May before being sent down earlier this year.
According to sources, he has been "completely unprepared" and didn't think he was going to be jailed.
Jessica picture in a selfie on her Instagram page (Facebook/Jaz Morrall)
The disgraced star who has been placed on the sex offenders register is currently serving time at HMP & YOI Chelmsford (Essex Live/BPM Media)"He is at his lowest ebb and has been crying for days," the source said.
"He never expected he would be jailed and is completely unprepared."
They added to The Sun: "Whatever anyone thinks about him, right now he is a broken man and feels awful for putting his family through this."
In December, Bear was also found guilty of voyeurism and sending the video, captured on CCTV from his garden in 2020, to someone else.
After being sent down, Bear said: “Have a good weekend everyone.”
Ms Harrison, 28 who waived her right to anonymity, said her worst nightmare came true when Bear shared the video to the world.
She told the court: “Millions of people were watching me and laughing at me and it was completely, utterly out of my control.
“He’s left me feeling hurt, embarrassed, insignificant and insecure in so many ways.”