TRANSGENDERStunning and brave rapist headed to Scottish Women’s Prison

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[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There was fury today after a transgender rapist attacked two women as a man then changed gender before the trial.

Isla Bryson was a shaven-headed Adam Graham with a Mike Tyson-style face tattoo when she carried out the violent sex attacks in 2016 and 2019 after abusing the victims she originally met online.

Bryson, who claimed to have had gender issues since the age of four, began transitioning from a man to a woman in 2020 after being charged with the rapes. She denied the accusations, telling jurors any sex was consensual - although she insisted she did not like sleeping with women and they made the 'first move'.

There was no reference to the 31-year-old having a gender recognition certificate during the trial.

It is understood she is being held in a segregation unit at Cornton Vale women's prison, where she will be risk assessed ahead of sentencing to see where she will serve her term.

Today Bryson was found guilty of the two rapes. She denied the charges, saying in evidence she 'would never hurt another human being'. Her defence KC Edward Targowski even told High Court in Glasgow: 'If you accept that evidence, that she is transitioning, that she is aiming to continue on that path to becoming female gender, that goes a long way to acquitting her of these charges'.

Scottish Conservative shadow community safety minister Russell Findlay said today: 'This rapist decided that he was no longer a man only after appearing in court on a rape charge.

'We now have the utterly perverse situation where a Scottish court refers to someone who says he identifies as female using 'her penis' to rape two vulnerable women.

'We warned of the inevitability of this happening if the SNP's gender self-ID law passed, but for it to have become reality is deeply worrying and an affront to the victims.'

[–]Datachost 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you accept that evidence, that she is transitioning, that she is aiming to continue on that path to becoming female gender, that goes a long way to acquitting her of these charges

You always have to wonder if lawyers truly feel no shame. I don't think I could ever stand in front of anyone and spout such bullshit, knowing full well I'd likely be letting a vile human being onto the streets if someone buys my bullshit

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the reasoning is you do everything and anything in defence of your client and then if they’re found guilty there can be no comeback. Remember the taxi rank system means that barristers don’t have a lot of options to choose their clients, especially in the specialist law fields like sex crimes.

I’ve watched quite a few videos by a barrister who does animal rights work, and he says that he often finds himself in court representing farmers against animal cruelty charges because he is one of the top animal law barristers and so if a client comes up in the taxi rank he has to take them and provide a full defence even though he himself is a vegan, animal rights activist.

Personally, I’m glad the barrister made that argument, because now it’s been rejected by a jury in a rape trial it very likely won’t be tried again.