Isla Bryson, a transgender rapist, was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of raping two women while still a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bryson was convicted last month of raping two women, one in Clydebank in 2016 and the other in Drumchapel, Glasgow, in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the High Court in Edinburgh, the 31-year-old was sentenced to eight years in prison, with a further three years on licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the jury delivered its guilty verdict, judge Lord Scott told Bryson the crimes were “considerable” and said that “a significant sentence is inevitable”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court heard that Bryson met both the victims and the prosecutors who she claimed “preyed” on vulnerable women online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim, 30, testified on pre-recorded video that she was raped for half an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the court, she is currently taking hormones and considering surgery to complete her gender reassignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bryson denied the charges, telling the court she “would never hurt another human being”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The jury found Bryson guilty of raping the second victim unanimously, with the majority agreeing she raped the first.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … <\/p>\n