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'Woman' sex offender

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FarNorth Sun 17-May-20 23:41:45

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/leah-harvey-caerphilly-sex-offender-18256962?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_main&fbclid=IwAR3LyzURfPh6TTvzuUb5Dt4PCuUhVQFOIjSebYQaoouiff2pIVA81r7iiy8

FarNorth Sun 17-May-20 23:41:03

"Leah Harvey, formerly Joshua Harvey, 25, who is in HM Parc Prison in Bridgend, admitted two breaches of a sexual harm prevention order."

The above paragraph is quite far down in a newspaper report which otherwise refers to this person as 'she' and 'woman'.

It is very likely that this person's crimes have been recorded as committed by a woman, strengthening the case of those who like to claim, falsely, that women are almost as likely to commit sex offences as men are.

(Fortunately, Parc Prison is a men's prison.)

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/leah-harvey-caerphilly-sex-offender-18256962?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_main&fbclid=IwAR3LyzURfPh6TTvzuUb5Dt4PCuUhVQFOIjSebYQaoouiff2pIVA81r7iiy8

I think it is absolutely wrong that men can claim to be women and be accepted as such, in connection with crimes.