Laura Nicholls pleaded not guilty to two offences of misconduct in a judicial or public office between June and October last year (Image: ARCHANT)
A Suffolk probation officer has appeared in court accused of disclosing confidential information to a client.
Before Ipswich Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on Thursday (May 6) was Laura Nicholls, 28, of Fuller Way, Stowmarket.
She pleaded not guilty to two offences of misconduct in a judicial or public office between June and October last year.
The offences allege that, while acting as a probation officer, she disclosed confidential information about other probationers and her colleagues to a probationer under her supervision.
Judge Martyn Levett adjourned the case until June 17 for a further case management hearing and granted Fuller conditional bail.
No trial date was set.
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