2016 Convictions

Convictions of males (ie individuals who identify as transgender women or who cross-dress)

Murder/Attempted murder: 2 + 1 on remand

Claire Darbyshire – Murder of Brian Darbyshire (father)

Lauren Jeska – Attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs, Head of HR at UK Athletics

Remanded pre-trial: Jenny Swift  – prisoner found dead in cell before attempted murder charge was updated to murder (of Eric Flanagan)

Sexual offences: 33 (23 with child victims, 10 with adult victims)

(Note that if 1% of the population is transgender, for trans-identified males to have similar sexual offending rates as women, at least 3,300 women would have to have been convicted of a sexual offence in 2016. MoJ figures for England & Wales for the past decade consistently show approx. 100 women are convicted of a sexual offence annually – i.e. the convictions listed below indicate male pattern sexual offending, not female)

Sexual offences with child victims

Davina Ayrton – Rape of a 15 year old girl

Lisa Hauxwell – Rape and sexual assault of two school-aged girls

Robert Ormrod* – Rape of a young girl and sexual offences against two further children

Clive Bundy* – Multiple sexual offences against a child and possession of CSA images

Kenneth/Kendra Larking – Sexual assault of a young girl

Gina Owen – Sexual abuse of a 13 year old boy

Jorven Seren – Sexual assault of a young girl

Kristen Lukess – Second breach of SOPO imposed after conviction for rape of a child

Nicola Florida – Breach of SOPO imposed after conviction for rape of multiple children

Brian Wooster – Child sexual abuse

Chloe/Brandon Walker – Child sexual abuse

Lawrence Ireland – Six charges of indecent assault and one of indecency with a child

Peter Cooke – Public decency offences (masturbation in neighbour’s garden, witnessed by child)

Geoffrey Cowell – Exposed underwear to young girls while dressed in female clothing

Paul Banfield– Breached restraining order that was imposed after sexual assault of a child

Harryetta Thompson – sexual offences against two young boys

Alice Smith – Possession of over 1200 indecent images of children, prohibited images of children & extreme pornography

Nathan Bird – Possession of prohibited images of a child and making indecent images of a child

Mark Woodley – Possession of over 2000 indecent images of children

Melody Melstrome – Possession of indecent images of children

Christopher Noble/Christyl Knight* – Possession of over 4000 indecent images of children

Daniel Reed/Ella Davies – Possession of over 1000 indecent images of children

Paul Neary – Possession of indecent images of children

Sexual offences with adult victims

Robert Westmore – Rape and sexual assault of four women

Paul Reed – Sexual assault, breach of SHPO

Geoffrey Rainey Kelly – Sexual assault of a woman

Shane Turner – Indecent exposure, harassment, breach of restraining order

Alan McKenzie – Indecent exposure (public masturbation)

John Suares – Public indecency

Ian Qualters – Public order and harassment offences while wearing women’s clothing/underwear

David Wotherspoon – Public order offences involving dressing in women’s underwear (verdict overturned on appeal in 2017)

Angel Gomes –  Controlling prostitution for gain, money laundering

Ian/Janine Rear – Brothelkeeping

Sought by the police: Unnamed Wilmslow Transvestite & Cross-dressing Liverpool armed robber

Other violent offences: 10

Lauren Jeska – Actual bodily harm (ABH) of Kevan Taylor and Tim Begley of UK Athletics

Natalie Kearney – Domestic violence

Kristian Churchill – Grievous bodily harm (GBH)

Amy Rice – Arson 

Katrina Harte – Possession of firearm 

Allahra Aziz – Burglary & theft

Donna Bowdler – Inciting racial/religious hatred & weapons possession 

Musa Deria – Possession of weapon

Justin/Charlotte Blundell – assault/domestic violence

Gerald Matovu – Drugs offences (supplied drugs to serial killer Stephen Port who killed 4 men by administering toxic drug overdoses)

Miscellaneous other offences: 2

Amanda Barrymore – Benefit fraud  

Timothy/Tara Shovlin – Dangerous driving

*Indicates individual transitioned in prison – usually serious offenders with long sentences

All individuals convicted of offences listed above are males who identify as transgender apart from the individuals listed below, who are males who cross-dress part time. Individuals who cross-dress are included under the UK government’s and LGBT organisations’ definition of the ‘trans umbrella‘ or people who are “gender incongruent to some degree“.

 

Convictions of females (ie individuals who identify as transgender men or who cross-dress)

Nicolle/Kobi Earley: Murderer convicted of multiple attacks on fellow prisoners