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Times
22-05-2025
- Times
Killers' row over ‘transphobic abuse' in prison thrown out by judge
A sheriff has dismissed a hate crime case involving four convicted killers in a Scottish women's prison, saying that referring to a trans person by their 'original biological state' was not transphobic. Alexandria Stewart, formerly known as Adam Baker, who is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 19 years for murder, claimed that fellow inmate Jayney Sutherley carried out a four-year campaign of transphobic verbal abuse that left her feeling suicidal. Her partner, a fellow prisoner, Nyomi Fee, told Greenock sheriff court on Monday that Sutherley would refer to her as being in a relationship with a man and would say that it 'wasn't fair' there was a man in the women's hall. • Murderer 'left suicidal after transphobic abuse in prison'
Times
22-05-2025
- Times
Prisoner's release delayed by transphobia case
The woman at the centre of a trans prison row has had her release from jail delayed by more than two years and missed the birth of her granddaughter. Jayney Sutherley was accused by a fellow HMP Greenock inmate, Alexandria Stewart, of transphobia and verbal abuse that Stewart claimed led to her feeling suicidal. However, the allegations were found not proven by a sheriff on Monday after prosecutors failed to produce sufficient corroborating evidence. Supporters of Sutherley, who was serving six years and eight months for culpable homicide, said the case has had a 'devastating' effect on the 51-year-old. Paul Lynch, Sutherley's defence solicitor, said the case demonstrated the need for urgency in moving trans-identifying males from the female prison estate. Sutherley had the
