Rapist Isla Bryson has been served with divorce papers behind bars from his estranged wife.
Shonna Graham sent the paperwork to HMP Edinburgh, where Isla is serving eight years for the rape of two women reports the Daily Record. The attacker, who began living as a woman while on bail, prompted a huge debate after initially being sent to a woman's prison.
Shonna, 31, is now engaged to a new partner and said: “I wasn’t able to divorce him before now as I didn’t know where he was. I’ve sent papers to Edinburgh HMP and I don’t have to see him. I haven’t heard back yet.”
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Shonna, from Falkirk, tried to find Bryson for seven years before discovering the rape charge and that he was living as a woman.
She said: “I don’t want to be reminded. I don’t need someone like him keeping me down. I’ve moved on.”
The pair, who met on internet dating app Badoo in 2015, wed at Falkirk Registration Office on July 8, 2016. They moved into Shonna’s Motherwell flat but five weeks later he walked out.
She claimed she endured a year of abusive and controlling behaviour at the hands of Bryson, during which time she claims she was stabbed in the hip with a knife. He went on to rape a woman in Clydebank and one in Drumchapel in 2019, who he met online while known as Adam Graham.
The former DJ had first appeared in court as a male before appearing for trial as Isla Bryson, wearing a wig covering a facial tattoo and pink leggings. The High Court in Edinburgh heard he was taking hormones and seeking surgery to complete gender reassignment.
He was convicted and sentenced to eight years with a further three on licence and placed on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
It caused outrage when the rapist was initially taken to Stirling women’s prison Cornton Vale as per Scottish Prison Service guidelines. He was then moved to the male estate, then to HMP Edinburgh.
The row erupted weeks after the Scottish Parliament passed the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill – to make it easier for people to change their gender. In January Scottish Secretary Alister Jack used a Section 35 order to block the introduction of the controversial reforms becoming law.
The Scottish Prison Service carried out an urgent review of the Bryson case and made recommendations that include initially placing all new trans-gender prisoners in accommodation determined by their birth gender.
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