Because he was deported to Latvia in November that year, Sokolovs was never interviewed about his relationship with Kwamba. Kwamba denies there was any physical sexual contact between the pair, which the prosecution is “sceptical” about, the court heard. Zita Sokolova was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for one year and ordered to pay £400 costs. Mitigating for the Sokolovas, Jonathan Dunne said Zita Sokolova, a mother-of-six, came to the UK in 2006 and works in a factory making cables. “They maintain they did not realise (Kwamba) was a prison officer.