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  Nicola Sturgeon under fire after another trans prisoner is moved to women’s jail Tiffany Scott, formerly known as Andrew Burns, has been described as ‘one of the most menacing people’ inside Scottish jails By Lizzie Roberts 28 January 2023 • 7:02pm Tiffany Scott, formerly known as Andrew Burns (centre), has stalked a 13-year-old girl and attacked female staff while held in a men’s prison  Credit : Central Scotland News Agency Nicola Sturgeon is engulfed in a fresh transgender row after it emerged another biologically male prisoner had their move to a women’s prison approved. Tiffany Scott, formerly known as Andrew Burns, stalked a 13-year-old girl, attacked female staff while held in a men’s prison and has been described as “one of the most menacing people” inside Scottish jails. The Scottish Tories said on Saturday that the decision to approve the transfer was “absolutely appalling” and poses a “grave risk” to the safety of women, including prison staff. It comes after Ms Sturgeon w

  More than 60pc of Scotland’s trans prisoners began transitioning after being convicted Data obtained under Freedom of Information Act shows 12 of 19 in custody identified as the opposite sex ‘after their date of admission’ By Daniel Sanderson,   Scottish Correspondent 27 March 2023 • 8:11pm Transgender double rapist Isla Bryson was known as Adam Graham at the time of his offences  Credit : Mike Gibbons More than 60 per cent of  transgender prisoners behind bars  in Scotland only began transitioning after they were locked up, it has emerged. Data obtained under Freedom of Information laws state there were, at the start of last month, 19 transgender prisoners in custody, 12 of whom (63 per cent) are recorded as beginning their transition “after their date of admission”. There were seven trans women - biological men identifying as female - being allowed to serve their sentences in the women’s estate, despite the public and political outcry this year over  transgender double rapist Isla

  Male sex offenders ‘faking trans identities’ to move to women’s prison Evidence unearthed by the prisoners’ newspaper Inside Time found inmates were pretending to change gender to access the female estate By Charles Hymas,   Home Affairs Editor 10 July 2023 • 4:37pm Jailed male sex offenders are faking transgender identities in an effort  to move to women-only prisons , research backed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) suggests. The moves were disclosed in interviews with prisoners who had already transitioned and felt the “fakers” were a threat to their reputation and to the limited resources available to them in custody. Inmates who pretended to be transitioning saw it as a way to lower their risk and to try to secure a place in the female prison estate, according to the evidence unearthed by Inside Time, the prisoners’ newspaper. Last year there were 168 legally-male trans women prisoners in England and Wales. Only six were in women’s prisons, with the remainder in men’s. A further

  Trans rapist referred to as ‘she’ by judge… but is sent to male prison Lexi Secker, who raped a woman on a night out in 2023 while living as a man, sentenced to six years Lexi Secker, 35, was sentenced to more than six years in a male prison for raping a woman in 2023  Wiltshire Police Telegraph Reporters 27 September 2024 2:47pm A trans rapist sentenced to more than six years in a male prison was referred to as “she” throughout the trial by a judge and barristers. Lexi Secker, 35, was convicted of rape after a four-day trial at  Swindon Crown Court  in June. The court heard Secker was living as a man when the attack took place after a night out in Blunsdon, Wiltshire, in April 2023. Throughout the sentencing hearing, barristers and the judge referred to the defendant as “Ms Secker” and “she”. But in a victim personal statement, the woman raped by Secker used male pronouns and the name “Alex” to describe the defendant. She said: “He took away my trust in people and myself. The assaul