A biologically male trans woman who kept her gender secret before sex acts with a man has been found guilty of sexual assault. The Mail has the story.
Ciara Watkin, 21, of Stockton-on-Tees, was found guilty of multiple charges relating to sex acts [he] performed on the 21 year-old man over a number of days in June 2022.
The sexual assault charges were brought at Teesside Crown Court today after Watkin failed to disclose [his] transgender status to the man, which meant he could not have given informed consent.
After drinking and getting to know each other, the pair went to a bedroom, where Watkin told the defendant [he] was on [his] period, preventing him from touching [him] below the waist as [he] performed sex acts on him.
A few days later, Watkin attended the victim’s home where further sexual activity took place. The victim’s mother and friends had met Watkin and suspected [he] was trans, the court heard.
Watkin then blocked all contact with the man but eventually got back in touch with him, before telling him via text that [he] was trans and had male genitalia.
The victim, who was described as a “naive young man”, said the revelation left him feeling sick and told the police that he “didn’t swing that way”. …
A jury at Teesside Crown Court convicted Watkin of two counts of sexual assault and one of assault by penetration.
Watkin was granted bail but the judge said “jail was the overwhelming likelihood”.
The judge urged the prison authorities to consider the “very real management issues” that jailing the defendant will pose.
