A transgender woman who lied to a man about being a biological female when she performed se.x acts with him has been jailed for 21 months
Ciara Watkin’s victim said he would not have consented to se.xual activity if he had known she was biologically male, Durham Crown Court heard.
Watkin, 21 and from Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, had claimed the man would have realised her status, but jurors found her guilty of se.xual assault.
Recorder Peter Makepeace KC said he was “certain” the victim “fully believed from start to finish” that Watkin was a female due to her “lies and deception”.
Watkin, who was born male, had used the name Ciara since childhood but had not undergone any medical treatment or surgery, the earlier trial at Teesside Crown Court had heard.
A judge described Watkin as “flippant” and lacking remorse
Watkin and the victim were both 18 when they met on Snapchat, where the defendant used a female cartoon character as a profile picture, before meeting in person and going on to have se.xual contact, prosecutor Paul Reid said.
Watkin, who was referred to in court by female pronouns, told the man she was on her period to stop him touching her below the waist, the court heard.
When Watkin later revealed she was biologically male, the man filed a complaint with police.
He told officers that, had he known Watkin’s history, he would not have met her as he did “not swing that way”.
In a statement read to the court, the man said he was “physically sick” when Watkin revealed what she called her “massive secret” to him.
He said he was “shocked and upset” about being “deceived”, adding he felt “ashamed and embarrassed” and had been “ridiculed online due to Watkin’s actions and deception”.
The victim said had he was a “heterose.xual male” who would never think about se.xual activity with a man and felt he had part of his masculinity taken away.
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He deserves the time lol