At a hearing at Isleworth crown court in December 2025, Taylor joined on a videolink from HMP Wandsworth, a male category B jail in south London and tried to insist on being sent to a female prison. The Evening Standard reported that Taylor told the judge “I have a female recognition certificate” and “I am a female. “I should be treated as such, I should go to Bronzefield or another female establishment.”

Prison policy in England and Wales prevents male transgender prisoners from being housed in the female estate if they have been convicted of a sexual or violent crime against a female victim and/or retain their male genitalia, regardless of whether they have a gender recognition (i.e. sex falsification) certificate – this means that the vast majority of male transgender prisoners are held in male prisons. The Ministry of Justice claims it is “reviewing our transgender prisoner policy in light of the Supreme Court ruling”, referring to the For Women Scotland victory in April 2025 that established that the legal definition of “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex. 

The hearing was adjourned for psychiatric assessments to be completed on Taylor, with a new sentencing date set for February 5, 2026.

*Update March 2026*

Taylor was sentenced to 14 months in prison at Isleworth Crown Court in March 2026. The judge said he was taking a “rare course” by imposing an “exceptional” restraining order without a time limit on Taylor.

The court heard more about how Taylor’s stalking had terrorized the victim, including the “plainly terrifying” message threatening physical harm; Ms Rashid said she started wearing a cap or a hood to try to avoid being recognised, stayed late in the office, and paid £60 a day on Uber taxis to take her to and from work, as she was “worried about being followed”. She also added: “I have young children living with me and I also fear for their safety.” The judge noted that Taylor’s offending had affected Rashid’s “work, family and every aspect of her life” and that Taylor “sought to put blame on [the victim] for putting you in prison, which causes me concern”.

The BBC report uses female pronouns throughout for a violent threatening man who made a woman fear for her personal safety  – and the safety of her children – for a prolonged period of time, neatly obscuring male violence against women (stalking is a crime overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women). Indeed among the 350+ articles collated under the BBC’s Stalking topic, less than 10 relate to female perpetrators and the vast majority of the hundreds of victims are female.