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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Sussex Police apologises after row over transgender sex offender’s status

PA Media

The home secretary accused a police force of “playing identity politics and denying biology” after it said “hateful comments” about a transgender criminal would not be tolerated.

Days after her plea for officers to eschew “symbolic gestures”, Suella Braverman said Sussex Police should “focus on catching criminals not policing pronouns” after the force lashed out online against comments regarding the case of a woman who sexually abused children years before transitioning.

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