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09/04/2013
Woman Given Probation Over Sexual 'Fraud'
A woman has been sentenced to three years probabtion after she pleaded guilty to ‘obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud'’.
25-year-old Christine Wilson, from Aberdeen, had sex with two teenage girls who had thought she was a man called Chris.
It is understood that Christine, who has Gender Identity Disorder, has lived as a man since childhood.
The judge said he had not jailed Wilson because she pleaded guilty.
She was also ordered to carry out 240 hours of community service and was placed on the sex offenders register.
Her two victims, who cannot be named, were both under the age of consent.
Gender Indentity Disorder, or gender dysphoria, is a medical condition in which a person feels there is a mismatch between their physical and psychological gender identity.
In sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Bannatyne said: "These are very unusual offences. I have accepted that you genuinely feel that you are male rather than female. I believe this obviously significantly reduces your culpability.
"I believe that this can be dealt with by the imposition of a probation order."
However, Tim Hopkins, director of the Equality Network – an organisation working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in Scotland - criticised the Crown Office's decision
Hopkins said: "Chris Wilson broke the law by having sex with the 15 year-old girl who had claimed to be 16.
"But he was not charged for that, instead the charge was 'obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud' because in the Procurator Fiscal's eyes he had 'lied' about his gender.
"It was the wrong charge to bring, and the message it sends to trans people is you will be criminalised if you don't share your gender history with sexual partners."
(H/CD)
25-year-old Christine Wilson, from Aberdeen, had sex with two teenage girls who had thought she was a man called Chris.
It is understood that Christine, who has Gender Identity Disorder, has lived as a man since childhood.
The judge said he had not jailed Wilson because she pleaded guilty.
She was also ordered to carry out 240 hours of community service and was placed on the sex offenders register.
Her two victims, who cannot be named, were both under the age of consent.
Gender Indentity Disorder, or gender dysphoria, is a medical condition in which a person feels there is a mismatch between their physical and psychological gender identity.
In sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Bannatyne said: "These are very unusual offences. I have accepted that you genuinely feel that you are male rather than female. I believe this obviously significantly reduces your culpability.
"I believe that this can be dealt with by the imposition of a probation order."
However, Tim Hopkins, director of the Equality Network – an organisation working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in Scotland - criticised the Crown Office's decision
Hopkins said: "Chris Wilson broke the law by having sex with the 15 year-old girl who had claimed to be 16.
"But he was not charged for that, instead the charge was 'obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud' because in the Procurator Fiscal's eyes he had 'lied' about his gender.
"It was the wrong charge to bring, and the message it sends to trans people is you will be criminalised if you don't share your gender history with sexual partners."
(H/CD)
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