A transgender double rapist who sparked fury after being placed in a female prison has cost taxpayers almost £30,000 in legal aid. Isla Bryson, 31, was convicted of raping two vulnerable victims, while still known as Adam Graham.
Jurors found Bryson, who began transitioning in 2020 after being charged, guilty of attacking both women with "her" penis in Clydebank in 2016 and Drumchapel, Glasgow, in 2018. Following a five-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Scott remanded Bryson, who claimed to have had consensual sex with both women, in custody.
Anger erupted after it emerged the fiend was being held in segregation in female-only HMP Cornton Vale. Following pressure from politicians, campaigners and the public, the rapist was later moved to a male wing at HMP Edinburgh. Yesterday, prison bosses claimed no women were put at risk by the decision to hold the rapist in segregation at Cornton Vale.
