• 4 days ago
• Posted in:Assault/Wounding, Criminal damage/vandalism, Rape / Sexual Assault, Sexual Offences, Stalking/harrassment/threats, Violent Offences
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• Author: Trans Crime
• Tags: Aged 20-29, Alcohol, Convicted 2020s, Convicted 2024, Glasgow, HMP Low Moss, Law enforcement victim, Male victim, Multiple victims, Offended 2022, Offended 2024, Police /courts using defendant pronouns, Police Scotland, Public transport, Repeat offender, Scotland, Spitting, Stirlingshire, Taxi/bus driver victim, Trans woman

Kyle Waugh/Kimberley Smith, a violent male who identifies as a transgender woman, was convicted at Falkirk Sheriff Court in November 2024 of sexual assault, multiple counts of threatening behaviour and breaching curfew. As Waugh/Smith was already in prison for previous offences until at least December 2024, the sheriff deferred sentence until February 2025.

Waugh/Smith, a 25 year old serial violent offender, touched a man’s genitals over his clothing and engaged in threatening behaviour at Glasgow Queen Street Railway Station in August 2022. Waugh/Smith was also convicted of punching and kicking inside a police van when arrested in early September and threatening behaviour towards police officers on another occasion in August 2022. Media avoided referring to Waugh/Smith as a ‘woman’ – instead using ‘sex offender’ in headlines – but used female pronouns in the copy and highlighted that prison was ‘very difficult for her’.

At previous court appearances in September 2024, Waugh/Smith was convicted of assaulting a taxi driver and causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage to his car after failing to pay a fare. When police arrived, Waugh/Smith shouted, swore, spat at and tried to kick officers, refused to get into a police van, went rigid, and had to be taken to the ground. Waugh/Smith was only brought under control when a spit hood was applied. After being convicted of assault, police assault, fare fraud, resisting arrest, and statutory breach of the peace, Waugh/Smith was jailed for six months, to be served at HMP Low Moss, a male prison for offenders serving sentences shorter than 36 months. The court heard Smith had 17 previous convictions for a variety of “broadly analogous” crimes that were related to excess alcohol.

See here for other examples of when trans-identified males have victimised taxi/bus drivers and here for collected examples of violence against law enforcement/prison officers.

Image credit: Tim Bugler via STV News

Media reports

The Falkirk Herald https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/courts/falkirk-court-hears-sex-offenders-time-in-prison-was-very-difficult-for-her-4883956 archive

The Falkirk Herald https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/courts/prison-for-non-paying-passenger-who-jumped-onto-taxi-bonnet-in-falkirk-fare-fracas-4825711 archive

STV https://news.stv.tv/east-central/taxi-passenger-dodged-fare-then-attacked-driver-causing-500-of-damage archive