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Nottingham Post
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Phil Cardy & Joshua Hartley

Doctor Strange actress Zara Phythian becomes prison cleaner after being jailed for sex crimes

A Marvel film star from Nottinghamshire who ­sexually abused a 13-year-old girl has become a jail cleaner. Zara Phythian, who appeared in 2016’s Doctor Strange and was living in Mansfield, has enrolled on an industrial cleaning course behind bars.

As reported by The Irish Mirror, she hopes the certificate will help her find work when she’s freed from an eight-year term at Foston Hall jail in Derbyshire for the sex abuse. Phythian’s father Andy, who visits his daughter twice a month, said: “She’s coping surprisingly well. They’ve put her on an industrial cleaners course.

“If you did it on the outside it would cost you £5,000 to get the certification. A chosen few are selected to help reflect their good behaviour. Hopefully it will come in useful when she gets out.”

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