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01-27-2023, 09:11 AM
Transgender rapist will not serve time in women’s jail: Sturgeon
A transgender woman who raped two women before beginning to transition will not be sent to Scotland’s only all-female prison, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday.
Isla Bryson, 31, previously known as Adam Graham, was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday of raping one woman in 2016 and another in 2019.
Bryson, who claimed during the trial to have decided to transition gender aged 29, was reportedly due to be held at Cornton Vale women’s prison ahead of sentencing next month, stirring widespread public anger.
The case comes with transgender issues in the spotlight in Scotland after Sturgeon’s devolved government passed legislation last month to make it easier for people to self-identify their gender.
The United Kingdom’s government has subsequently blocked the law from obtaining royal assent, citing the potential negative impact on UK-wide equalities legislation, and setting up a legal showdown between the two governments.
“Given the understandable public and parliamentary concern in this case, I can confirm to parliament that this prisoner will not be incarcerated at Cornton Vale women’s prison,” Sturgeon told Scotland’s devolved parliament.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/transgender-rapist-will-not-serve-time-in-womens-jail-sturgeon/ar-AA16M2zw?li=BBnbfcL
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cy7x3qlwgejo.amp
A transgender woman who raped two women before beginning to transition will not be sent to Scotland’s only all-female prison, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday.
Isla Bryson, 31, previously known as Adam Graham, was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday of raping one woman in 2016 and another in 2019.
Bryson, who claimed during the trial to have decided to transition gender aged 29, was reportedly due to be held at Cornton Vale women’s prison ahead of sentencing next month, stirring widespread public anger.
The case comes with transgender issues in the spotlight in Scotland after Sturgeon’s devolved government passed legislation last month to make it easier for people to self-identify their gender.
The United Kingdom’s government has subsequently blocked the law from obtaining royal assent, citing the potential negative impact on UK-wide equalities legislation, and setting up a legal showdown between the two governments.
“Given the understandable public and parliamentary concern in this case, I can confirm to parliament that this prisoner will not be incarcerated at Cornton Vale women’s prison,” Sturgeon told Scotland’s devolved parliament.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/transgender-rapist-will-not-serve-time-in-womens-jail-sturgeon/ar-AA16M2zw?li=BBnbfcL
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cy7x3qlwgejo.amp