Isla Bryson, a transgender rapist, was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of raping two women while still a man.
Bryson was convicted last month of raping two women, one in Clydebank in 2016 and the other in Drumchapel, Glasgow, in 2019.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, the 31-year-old was sentenced to eight years in prison, with a further three years on licence.
The case sparked outrage after Bryson was initially housed in an all-female prison before being transferred to the male estate in response to public outcry.
Keith Brown, the Scottish Justice Secretary, demanded an urgent review of the case, and the Scottish Prison Service decided to halt the transfer of all transgender prisoners with a history of violence against women to the female estate.
After the jury delivered its guilty verdict, judge Lord Scott told Bryson the crimes were “considerable” and said that “a significant sentence is inevitable”.
The court heard that Bryson met both the victims and the prosecutors who she claimed “preyed” on vulnerable women online.
The High Court in Glasgow heard during the trial that Bryson was going through the breakdown of a brief, unhappy marriage when she went to stay with the first victim at her mother’s house in Clydebank in 2016.
The victim, 30, testified on pre-recorded video that she was raped for half an hour.
The second victim, who testified in court via live video link, said Bryson continued to have sex with her after she told him to stop.
Bryson claimed that she was aware of her transgender identity since the age of four, but that it wasn’t until the charges that she was referred to as Isla.
According to the court, she is currently taking hormones and considering surgery to complete her gender reassignment.
Bryson denied the charges, telling the court she “would never hurt another human being”.
The jury found Bryson guilty of raping the second victim unanimously, with the majority agreeing she raped the first.