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Glasgow transgender rapist Isla Bryson jailed for eight years after sex attacks on two women


Transgender rapist Isla Byson has been sentenced to 11 years.

The 31-year-old will spend eight years in jail and a further three on licence after being released.

Bryson, who attacked two women while still a man, known as Adam Graham, faced justice at the High Court in Edinburgh today.

The pervert met both victims online and raped on in Clydebank in 2016 and another in Drumchapel in 2019.

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The case sparked an uproar after Bryson was initially housed in an all-female prison before being moved to the male estate following the outcry.

Scotland's Justice Secretary Keith Brown ordered an urgent review of the case and the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) took the decision to halt the movement of all transgender prisoners with a history of violence against women into the female estate.

Bryson first appeared in court as Adam Graham in 2019 and was later named in court papers the following year - around the time of the decision to transition - as Isla Annie Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham.

During the trial, the court heard that Bryson was going through the breakdown of a brief, unhappy, marriage and went to stay with the first victim at the victim's mother's house in Clydebank in 2016.

Giving evidence at Glasgow High Court last month in a pre-recorded video, the victim, 30, said she was raped for half an hour.

"All I said was 'no' over and over and over again," she said.

"At the time I was so scared. Sick to the stomach. I just didn't know what was going on."

The second victim, who gave evidence via live video-link, told the court Bryson continued to have sex with her after she said stop.

The victim's police statement said Bryson instead told her to "stay there" because "he (Bryson) wasn't finished".

The victim told the court: "I said to stop but he (Bryson) just kept on going, and that's when I just closed my eyes and I am doing what he wanted to do."

Giving evidence during the trial, Bryson claimed both women consented to having sex.

Bryson spoke of identifying as transgender at the age of four but not making the decision to transition until the age of 29.

The court heard that Bryson is currently taking hormones and seeking surgery to complete gender reassignment.

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