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Jennifer Hyland

Isla Bryson's mum didn't know transgender rapist at centre of political storm was her son

The mum of transgender double rapist Isla Bryson has told how she’s been left traumatised by the case because she has been the victim of a sex attack.

Rape survivor Janet Bryson revealed she initially had no idea that the predator at the centre of Scotland’s biggest political storm was her son – who now claims to be a woman. In a harrowing interview, the mum of three, who was attacked when she was 23, told how Bryson knew about her ordeal and why she believes no rapist should be allowed in a women’s prison.

Tearful Janet, 63, who last saw her child – then Adam Graham – six years ago, said: “I saw the story about Isla Bryson being convicted of raping two women. I saw the pictures. I didn’t recognise the name or the person – it was only after a friend pointed out who it was that I knew it was my son and that he was now living as a woman.

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