Sex change man wants women’s prison

A TRANSSEXUAL prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape committed while she was a man claimed in court yesterday the refusal of the authorities to move her to a women’s prison was a violation of her human rights.

The prisoner, who cannot be identified, was described by her lawyer in the High Court as “a woman trapped inside a man’s body”.

A judge heard that, although apparently born male, “A” had her womanhood recognised by law and her birth certificate had been amended to show her female sex.