From previous reporting on the case: male offender in male prison w a female name.
Halfway through the day judge tells prosecutor must call the sex offender "she".
Halfway through the day judge tells prosecutor must call the sex offender "she".
https://twitter.com/WomenReadWomen/status/1323430870326210560
The case was *about* breaching a sexual harms prevention order by using fake names to evade detection and confuse victims
The sex offender has since changed his name back to Brandon but is said to be awaiting an appointment with the gender identity clinic.
The defendant, on trial for using false names entered pleas under different names ....
The defendant, on trial for using false names entered pleas under different names ....
Although now going by Brandon the defense now calls Walker "she".
The court (under the instruction of the Equal Treatment Bench Book) is enabling the very behaviour the defendant uses to persue victims for sexual harms.
Valiant reporting by @Katie_Cronin . Local press remains important!
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