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Today at #FMQ @NicolaSturgeon answered Qs put by @Douglas4Moray concerning the allocation of convicted double rapist, Adam Graham, to the female estate at Cornton Vale. Despite tenacious questioning from DM, who correctly used male pronouns to refer to AG, 1/?
NS refused to state whether AG is currently in a women's prison. Nevertheless, she gave a clear statement that this prisoner will not be held in the female estate. 2/?
She agreed that as a general principle it is correct that a rapist should not be in a women's prison.
In my view, she would never have given such a statement just a few months ago. In my view, we would instead have had accusations from Green Party MSPs of transphobia. 3/?
In my view, she would never have given such a statement just a few months ago. In my view, we would instead have had accusations from Green Party MSPs of transphobia. 3/?
Nicola Sturgeon grilled hard about #AdamGraham by Douglas Ross in #FMQ just now. He pushed her “the prisoner is in a women’s prison right now!” But she prevaricated around “segregation”. She’s all over the place in her statements and panicking.
Oooh he continued “the first minister is hiding behind the Scottish Prison service but they are a government agency accountable to SNP ministers. So all this really comes down to is what ministers decide”
and he’s asked “was there any ministerial involvement to send this rapist to a women’s prison… and will this First Minister intervene and remove this double rapist from Corton Vale?” Sturgeon returns to saying he won’t be incarcerated at CV but won’t confirm he isn’t there now
FM: “I’ve always been open-minded to anything that improves our justice system and ensures that victims get the justice they require and deserve.” #FMQs
FM: “It is absolutely correct that the most serious offenders go to prison for lengthy periods of time, but what the correct periods of time should be in individual cases is rightly and properly a matter for the independent court system.” #FMQs
