• 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, Offended 2010, Offended 2014, Post-transition, Repeat offender, Trans woman, Wales

Jessica Hughes, 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 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. 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