• 7 years ago
• Posted in:Assault/Wounding, Violent Offences
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• Author: melodie
• Tags: Alcohol, Bipolar disorder, Biting, Blamed victim, Convicted 2010, Convicted 2014, Female victim, Gwynedd, HMP Altcourse, Jessica Hughes, Male prison, Mental health, Multiple victims, North Wales Police, Offended 2010, Offended 2014, Post-transition, Repeat offender, Trans woman, Wales

Jessica Hughes (aka Barbie), a violent male who identifies as a trans woman, has twice been convicted of violence against women.  

In 2010 Hughes was reportedly jailed aged 18 for “head-butting a woman in a booze-fuelled attack”. Then in December 2014, Hughes, aged 23 and of Gwynedd, North Wales, was convicted of one count of assault and was sentenced to six months in jail at Caenarfon Crown Court after biting a woman’s leg during a drunken brawl. Despite having a conviction for the previous violent assault on a woman Hughes tried to blame the victim.

Without a GRC, Hughes was sent to HMP Altcourse, a category B men’s prison, and later complained to the Daily Mail about taunts from male prisoners, saying:

‘I used my femininity to get through to them and went up to the top dog with my top pulled down showing off my boobs a little bit.

‘They started to respect me after that and I had a few relationships with some of them while in prison.

Photo credit: M&Y News Agency via Daily Mail

Media reports

Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3363885/Transgender-woman-left-suicidal-six-months-men-s-prison-claims-abused-inmates-stopped-flirted-them.html archive

Daily Express https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/628555/Transgender-prisoner-Barbie-topped-herself-MENS-jail-Altcourse-Prison