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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Dave Higgins

Christian street preacher found guilty of harassing transgender woman has conviction quashed

Yorkshire Live/MEN Media

An evangelical Christian preacher who was found guilty of harassing a transgender woman by repeatedly referring to her as a “man” and a “gentleman” as he addressed the public has had his conviction quashed.

Farrah Munir, 19, told Leeds Crown Court on Thursday how she was left “emotionally distraught” by David McConnell as he preached on Briggate, in the centre of Leeds, on June 8, 2021.

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