Angel Hill
Angel Hill, a violent male who identifies as a transgender woman, was convicted in December 2024 at Minshull Street Crown Court of assault by penetration, sexual assault, strangulation, and threatening with a bladed article concerning the victim. The young female victim had struggled to breathe when Hill committed the strangulation offence and Hill had said ‘I’m going to kill you’ earlier on the same occasion. See here for other violent trans-identified males convicted of strangulation offences.
Reflecting the severity of the offending, Hill received an extended sentence of 11 years, including seven years in prison and four years on extended licence. Hill, aged 20 and of High Peak, Derbyshire, must serve at least two-thirds of the sentence before being considered for release and must sign the sex offenders register. The judge reduced the sentence to take account of Hill’s youth and serious mental health issues. He also reduced the sentence by 20 per cent because Hill pleaded guilty and therefore spared the victim the ordeal of having to give evidence.
The court heard that Hill had demonstrated ‘violent, manipulative and controlling behaviour’ with the judge adding “you have no insight regarding your behaviour at all” before continuing: “The consequences of your actions don’t seem to register in your thought process, or if they do you ignore them. I find you to be dangerous, in the legal sense.”
This statement, deeming Hill to be “dangerous” was perversely included within headlines and within media reports naming Hill as a “dangerous” woman which social media users vehemently objected to. Manchester Evening News subsequently changed their headline from “Dangerous woman jailed for violent physical and sexual abuse” (archive) to “Dangerous sex attacker jailed for violent abuse” (archive). All media reports used female pronouns for a violent male sexual predator.
Image credit: GMP via Manchester Evening News
Media reports
Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dangerous-woman-jailed-violent-physical-30571646 Version 1 Version 2
Lancs Live https://www.lancs.live/news/uk-world-news/dangerous-woman-jailed-violent-physical-30578498 archive