This is the robber who was pleasured by a besotted prison guard before she herself ended up behind bars over the intimate relationship.
Katie Evans, 26, was jailed for 21 months at Sheffield Crown Court over an illicit romance with convicted robber Daniel Brownley while working at HMP Doncaster.
She boasted to another prison officer of performing oral sex on the criminal and collecting drugs cash on his behalf over a six-month period in 2020 – saying she was his ‘Queen’.
Today MailOnline can reveal that the released convict has become a born again Christian and renounced his criminal lifestyle – including his illicit liaison with Evans.
The one time burglar and drug dealer has reinvented himself as Daniel Wild, become a Christian influencer and now adamantly denies his past including – in a strange twist – that he ever had sex with Evans.
Wild, 37, did confirm that he had met prison officer Evans while serving his time but, despite court evidence which was strong enough to send her to prison, now remarkably insists: ‘There was never anything sexual with Katie or any sexual misconduct.
‘She never touched me, I never touched her but we were flirting and there were feelings between each other.
‘She left her job on her own accord, she quit, when I was transferred to another prison.
Convicted robber Daniel Brownley, who has now changed his name to Daniel Wild, was pleasured by besotted prison guard Katie Evans, landing her with a prison sentence
The one-time burglar and drug dealer has reinvented himself as a born-again Christian named Daniel Wild. Pictured: With his wife, Kessia
Evans, 26, (right) was jailed for 21 months at Sheffield Crown Court over the illicit romance at HMP Doncaster. Pictured: With her new lover, Beth Hulley
‘We were going to try to have a full-blown relationship when I was out, but at this time I was getting closer to God and was telling Katie this.
‘Our relationship was all based upon lust, but nothing happened.’
Since being freed in 2021 and meeting his future wife, 37-year-old Wild has had a spiritual rebirth and boasts to his thousands of followers on TikTok that he has a ‘new life, purpose, peace and joy.’
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, the once-troubled teen and notorious criminal told how he found God while behind bars, which has stopped him re-offending, saying: ‘I discovered a life of crime doesn’t pay.’
Evans – who MailOnline revealed is now engaged to a woman, mother-of-one Beth Hulley, 27 – is no longer in touch with Wild.
Distinct-looking Wild – with heavy tattooed arms – was named in court as the inmate linked to mum-of-one Evans, 26, from Hatfield, South Yorkshire, who admitted having an intimate relationship with him in 2020.
She was rumbled after becoming romantically involved with the inmate – then called Daniel or Danny Brownley – following an investigation by the force’s Prison Anti-Corruption Unit.
Evans was caught out after boasting about an oral sex act to an ex-prison officer, and it later came to light that she had moved money around accounts for him.
Since being freed in 2021 and meeting his wife, 37-year-old Wild has had a spiritual rebirth
The once troubled teen and criminal has revealed how he found God while behind bars
The couple have a young son and are expecting their second child in September
The ex-con told how a prison chaplain at HMP Doncaster in South Yorkshire had ‘introduced me to basic Christianity.’
He said: ‘While I was locked up I started studying the Bible and found the evidence overwhelming.
‘Religion has changed me and made me a better person.’
Wild, who lives near Birmingham, West Midlands, with his wife Kessia Wild (nee Hunt) and their 15-month-old son Israel, said she was fully aware of his violent past.
He said: ‘Kessia is pregnant with our second child, due in September, and she knows every detail about my past.
‘Jesus turned my life around. It may sound stupid and foolish to some people with different morals and values.
‘I was Daniel Brownley, but I am now known only as Daniel Wild. I am a born-again Christian.’
In a series of videos, watched and liked by masses of fans, he raps about his time locked up and his positive new journey.
Wild says his wife, Kessia, pictured with their young son, ‘knows every detail about my past’
In a series of videos, watched and liked by masses of fans, Wild raps about his time locked up and his positive new journey
Wild portrays himself today as a family man who has found religion
Wild refers to his ‘life in prison’ and being a former drug dealer affiliated to a gang.
He pays tribute to his partner, who he describes as the ‘woman of my dreams.’
The religious enthusiast – whom a judge branded ‘manipulative’ as he sentenced Evans on Tuesday to 21 months in jail – sings: ‘God is good!’
Phone records revealed she had communicated with Wild 140 times on a SIM card that had been smuggled into the category B jail, with some calls lasting nearly an hour.
During their mobile conversations, Evans called herself ‘your queen’ while talking to the lag, who was serving five-a-half-years for burglary, attempted robbery and handling stolen goods.
A weeping Evans was sentenced this week at Sheffield Crown Court where Judge Jeremy Richardson, KC, told her she had ‘betrayed the trust’ placed in her as a prison officer.
She had previously pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public place.
After finally being granted his freedom, despite being recalled to jail for breaching his licence conditions, Wild told MailOnline: ‘I was first locked up when I was 16 for doing 14 robberies.
Born and bred in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Wild admitted ‘getting into the wrong crowd’ which led to his prolific crime spree. Pictured: With his wife, Kessia
Wild tells his more than 8,000 followers on TikTok: ‘From darkness into light, the truth sets you free and is justified by your faith’
‘I was released but re-jailed at Doncaster.’
Wild first became a subject of police involvement when going missing as a child aged 11 with his frantic mother Sonia Sturch alerting authorities.
He was found shortly afterwards.
As a teenager, born and bred in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, he admitted ‘getting into the wrong crowd’ which led to his prolific crime spree.
He told how he had originally been ‘given a life sentence’ which had been revoked under radical Government policy by former Home Secretary and labour peer David Blunkett.
Wild had been served an Indefinite Sentences for Public Protection (IPPs), reserved for serious sexual and violent offenders, which had no end date.
He said: ‘The Government Blunkett, revoked my sentence stating that is was inhumane.’
Wild was freed from jail after serving two thirds of his term but was recalled to prison in 2020 for breaching conditions, before walking free again.
Phone records revealed Evans communicated with Wild 140 times on a SIM card that had been smuggled into the category B jail, with some calls lasting nearly an hour
During their mobile conversations, Evans called herself ‘your queen’ while talking to the lag, who was serving five-a-half-years for burglary, attempted robbery and handling stolen goods. Pictured: With new lover Beth Hulley
In catchy raps and passages from the Bible and against the backdrop of places such as Lichfield Cathedral and Tamworth Cathedral in Staffordshire and outside Birmingham Town Hall, the ex lag posts to his 8,249 followers which have 81,700 likes.
Wild states: ‘From darkness into light, the truth sets you free and is justified by your faith.’
In one clip he reveals: ‘Released from prison and ready for my new life as a Born Again Christian and I get to do it with the woman of my dreams.’
He adds: ‘Drug dealer, gang affiliation, life in prison – Jesus came for me. Jesus set me free.
‘It is in stark contrast to the life of disgraced ex prisoner officer Evans, whom he once preyed upon.
She was unmasked during a probe into another corrupt guard and admitted she has lavished attention on Brownley, boasting about a sex act and collecting drugs on his behalf.
Evans, who has a young daughter, formed an ‘intimate relationship’ with Brownley, using a false name to disguise her real identity.
Judge Richardson told Evans, who sobbed in the dock: ‘There must be a prison sentence. Corrupt prison officers must be punished. There is no question about that.
The judge said there was no excuse for Evans’ offending despite being ‘satisfied that you were manipulated by an experienced criminal’. Pictured: With new lover Beth Hulley (left)
‘The public expects punishment for those who betray trust in the way that you did.
‘It is truly a terrible situation for a judge to be passing sentence on a former prison officer, who has been branded a corrupt prison officer, but it must be done.’
The judge said there was no excuse for her offending despite being ‘satisfied that you were manipulated by an experienced criminal.’
Evans committed the offences between March and November 2020 while working at HMP Doncaster, aged 21.
