UK trans woman convicted of sexual assault after not revealing gender status to male partner
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Transgender woman GUILTY of sexual assault after concealing male genitalia during sex acts with unwitting man
Ciara Watkin, 21, spent the night with her victim after they had exchanged messages on Snapchat. Watkin had no gender reassignment surgery and stuffed clothing inside her bra. She performed sex acts on the man but refused to let him touch her, claiming she was on her period. The victim only discovered the truth when Watkin later told him she had a “massive secret” Watkin has been found guilty of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration. She will be sentenced on October 10 at Teesside Crown Court. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details.
WEB OF LIES Transgender woman GUILTY of sexual assault after concealing male genitalia during sex acts with unwitting man
A TRANSGENDER woman has been convicted of sexual assault after concealing she had male genitalia from a man she was on a date with.
Ciara Watkin, 21, spent the night with her victim after they had exchanged messages on Snapchat.
4 Ciara Watkin failed to tell her date she was transgender
4 She has been convicted of sexual assault Credit: BackGrid
She performed sex acts on the man but refused to let him touch her, claiming she was on her period.
The victim only discovered the truth when Watkin later told him she had a “massive secret”.
She has now been found guilty of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration.
Teesside Crown Court heard Watkin had no gender reassignment surgery and stuffed clothing inside her bra.
Her Snapchat profile used a female cartoon avatar and there had been no discussion about sexuality or gender.
In a police interview played in court, the victim said: “All the way throughout she made out she was fully a girl.”
He told officers how the pair had been sat for a while drinking and chatting before heading to the bedroom.
The man added: “Throughout the full time, she was telling me she was on her period.
“It was like as far as I was concerned she was a female.”
Watkin later messaged him to admit she had a “massive secret” to which he replied to ask if she was pregnant.
Instead, she revealed: “I’m trans. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”
The man messaged: “WTF. So you have a d***?”.
He added: “OMFG. I feel ill,” before reporting her to the police.
Asked how he felt about discovering the truth, the victim told officers he felt like “it’s taken away my manhood”.
He also said he was “shocked” and claimed he would not have got with her if he knew Watkin had a penis as he “didn’t swing that way”.
The man continued: “I see it as something that upsets me. I’m just trying to hide my emotions. At first I did just have an emotional breakdown.”
Watkin will be sentenced on October 10.
Sarah Nelson, Senior Crown Prosecutor at CPS North East, said: “It is clear from the evidence in this case that, prior to engaging in sexual activity with the victim, Watkin had made no attempt to inform him of her transgender status.
“The Crown Prosecution Service has shown that, by failing to disclose this to him, it would not have been possible for him to give informed consent to sexual activity.
“The victim has made clear in police interview that he would not have engaged in sexual activity had he known that Watkin was transgender and, consequently, these events have had a significant impact on his mental wellbeing.
“We hope that he can take some comfort from seeing Watkin convicted for these serious sexual offences today.”
4 Watkin ‘made out she was a girl’ to the man
UK trans woman convicted of sexual assault after not revealing gender status to male partner
Ciara Watkin, 21, performed sex acts on the man, also 21, who she had met on social media site Snapchat in June 2022. Watkin had told the man that she was on her period and meaning he could not touch her below the waist. She was convicted of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.
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A transgender woman has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a male partner by failing to disclose her gender status to him, meaning he could not consent to the sexual activity, British prosecutors said on Friday.
Ciara Watkin, 21, performed sex acts on the man, also 21, who she had met on social media site Snapchat in June 2022, but did not disclose her transgender status to him.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Watkin had told the man that she was on her period and meaning he could not touch her below the waist.
A few days later the pair met again, after which Watkin blocked all contact with the man until she eventually got back in touch and told him during an exchange of text messages that she was transgender and had male genitalia, the CPS said.
“It is clear from the evidence in this case that, prior to engaging in sexual activity with the victim, Watkin had made no attempt to inform him of her transgender status,” said Senior Crown Prosecutor Sarah Nelson.
“The victim has made clear in police interview that he would not have engaged in sexual activity had he known that Watkin was transgender and, consequently, these events have had a significant impact on his mental wellbeing.”
Watkin, from Stockton-on-Tees in northeast England, had admitted lying but her lawyers told her trial that it would have been “blindingly obvious” to the man that she was not biologically female, the BBC said.
She was convicted of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration following a trial at Teesside Crown Court and will be sentenced on October 10.
Transgender woman jailed after male lover discovers her ‘massive secret’
Ciara Watkin, 21, found guilty of multiple charges relating to sexual acts. She performed sexual acts on the 21-year old man during a brief courtship. The sexual assault charges were brought after Watkin failed to disclose her transgender status to the man, which meant that he could not have given informed consent to the sexual activity between them. Watkin later contacted her date to reveal “a massive secret” adding: “I’m trans. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you” The man messaged back: ‘WTF. So you have a d***?’ In a police interview played in court, the alleged victim said: “All the way throughout she made out she was fully a girl” Watkin told the jury about wanting to be a female from the age of seven but hasn’t physically transitioned, “because I was on drugs”. She confirmed being born male and named “Kieran” She said they subsequently had five sexual encounters and had enjoyed “twerking” on the bed.
Watkin, of Stockton-on-Tees, later contacted her date to reveal “a massive secret” adding: “I’m trans. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.” The man messaged back: ‘WTF. So you have a d***?” In a police interview played in court, the alleged victim said: “All the way throughout she made out she was fully a girl.” He added: “We were drinking. We sat there for a while just chatting. We decided to go into the bedroom which is when everything happened. “Throughout the full time, she was telling me she was on her period. It was like as far as I was concerned she was a female.” Asked how he felt about what had happened, the man said: “It makes me feel like it’s taken away my manhood. I see it as something that upsets me. I’m just trying to hide my emotions. At first I did just have an emotional breakdown.”
Teesside Crown Court, Middlesbrough
In his evidence the victim told how Watkin had asked him to come into the bathroom when using the toilet and asked for the light to be switched off so it was “pitch black”. The jury heard that Watkin had moved his hand from the defendant’s breast and thigh. Victoria Lamballe, defending Watkin, said the 21-year-old has had no gender reassignment surgery and had stuffed clothing inside of a bra. The jury was told that it was some time after the pair had met that Watkin revealed over the phone the ‘surprise’ about being transgender. In his police interview, the victim told officers: “That’s when she went and told me she was transgender but obviously still has a penis. I was shocked. If I knew she had a penis I wouldn’t have got with her.” He told officers he “didn’t swing that way”.
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Ms Lamballe asked the man: “Is it really your position that at no point in the course of these hours that it never occurred to you that she may not be female?” Watkin, who used a female cartoon avatar as a profile picture, said in evidence that the question of gender had never been discussed. Watkin, who wants to transition in the future, told the jury about wanting to be a female from the age of seven but hasn’t physically transitioned, “because I was on drugs”. She confirmed being born male and named “Kieran.” When asked by her defence barrister what happened in the bedroom during the first date, Watkin said that when the man touched the defendant’s chest: “I moved his hand, because I’m trans, aren’t I.” She said they subsequently had five sexual encounters and had enjoyed “twerking” on the bed. Recorder Peter Makepeace KC thanked the jury for their consideration of these “serious matters” and said he will pass sentence on October 10. He ordered a pre-sentence report and said a psychiatric report may also be needed. Watkin was granted bail but the judge said “jail was the overwhelming likelihood”. The judge urged the prison authorities to consider the “very real management issues” that jailing the defendant will pose.
Sarah Nelson, senior crown prosecutor at CPS North East, said: “It is clear from the evidence in this case that, prior to engaging in sexual activity with the victim, Watkin had made no attempt to inform him of her transgender status. “The Crown Prosecution Service has shown that, by failing to disclose this to him, it would not have been possible for him to give informed consent to sexual activity. “The victim has made clear in police interview that he would not have engaged in sexual activity had he known that Watkin was transgender and, consequently, these events have had a significant impact on his mental wellbeing. “We hope that he can take some comfort from seeing Watkin convicted for these serious sexual offences today.” Watkin will be sentenced on 10th October at Teesside Crown Court.
How a Couple’s Dispute Over Their Open Marriage Led a Georgia Wife to Murder Her Husband
Cheryl Howell Coe was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault on Monday, Aug. 18, in connection with shooting and killing her husband Luther Coe on June 23, 2021, at the couple’s Georgia home. Cheryl initially told police she woke up to a person she didn’t recognize barging into her bedroom, leading her to grab a gun from a nightstand next to the bed and shooting in the person’s direction twice. But soon after, Cheryl changed her story, telling police she and her husband had a fight about their open marriage and had planned to talk about their disagreement that evening. Physical evidence later showed Luther was shot at point-blank range, a medical examiner testified during her trial, according to The Newnan Times-Herald and local Fox 5. The couple had a disagreement over the boundaries they had set for their marriage, which Luther’s son from a previous marriage had described as seemingly “happy” before the shooting, per the local newspaper.
A Georgia woman was found guilty of murdering her husband in June 2021 on Monday, Aug. 18
Cheryl Howell Coe was sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to local reports
The convicted murderer claimed she had a disagreement with her husband about their open marriage and that he later angrily burst into their bedroom, scaring her, which led her to fire a weapon she kept nearby
A Georgia woman was sentenced to life in prison without parole this week for the 2021 fatal shooting of her husband, which police said she initially lied about and then later claimed was an accident.
Cheryl Howell Coe was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault on Monday, Aug. 18, in connection with shooting and killing her husband Luther Coe on June 23, 2021, at the couple’s Georgia home, according to The Newnan Times-Herald and local Fox 5.
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Cheryl was 51 at the time of the shooting, which The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported she had initially claimed was an accident before investigators discovered inconsistencies in her accounts. Physical evidence later showed Luther was shot at point-blank range, a medical examiner testified during her trial, according to the Times-Herald and Fox 5.
The incident happened at the couple’s Newnan, Ga., home, where Cheryl initially told police she woke up to a person she didn’t recognize barging into her bedroom, leading her to grab a gun from a nightstand next to the bed and shooting in the person’s direction twice.
According to the Times-Herald, which cited police testimony from Cheryl’s murder trial, the killer claimed she didn’t realize who the man was until she heard her husband’s voice. “Cheryl, you shot me,” she claimed Luther said.
At the trial, according to the local newspaper, the jury heard testimony that described Cheryl and Luther as having an open marriage since 2020, which included sexual acts with friends.
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The couple had a disagreement over the boundaries they had set for their marriage, which Luther’s son from a previous marriage had described as seemingly “happy” before the shooting, per the Times-Herald report.
Body camera from responding Coweta County Sheriff’s Officer Jason Brooks showed Cheryl speaking with her mother on the phone after authorities arrived at the scene.
“I was just trying to protect myself,” Cheryl is heard in the footage telling her mother, according to the Times-Herald.
A local investigator later testified that Cheryl claimed she was following her husband’s directions for what to do if an intruder came into the house. “I didn’t know what else to do,” Cheryl claimed, according to the Times-Herald, citing an investigator’s testimony. “I just grabbed the gun like he’s (Luther) always told me to.”
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But soon after, Cheryl changed her story, according to Jason Brooks, an investigator with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, who testified in court.
Cheryl eventually confessed to Brooks that she and her husband had a fight about their open marriage and had planned to talk about their disagreement that evening. Cheryl told Brooks she waited on the back porch for her husband to talk, drinking four or five hard ciders during that hour, before ultimately taking a Klonopin and going to bed shortly after 7 p.m.
Less than 15 minutes later, according to police, Cheryl shot Luther in their bedroom. The Times-Herald reported that Cheryl eventually told police she knew it was Luther who entered the bedroom, but that she felt frightened by his demeanor, alleging he told her to “get her ass out of bed” before claiming he yanked a pillow out from between her legs.
“I just wanted to be left alone, and he wasn’t having it,” Cheryl allegedly told police, according to Brooks’ testimony. “He was dragging me out of bed.”
Cherly claimed she “was just trying to hit the wall behind the TV so it would scare him off or make him leave,” adding that she “wasn’t trying to hit him.”
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“I was scared,” Cheryl later testified in court late last week, according to the Times-Herald. “He was more enraged than he’s ever been at me.”
The Times-Herald reported that Senior Assistant District Attorney Laura Lukert called Cheryl “the most unreliable of narrators” in her closing statement, before she was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
“The only consistency we have is that that woman shot Luther Coe,” the prosecutor said.
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Trans woman Ciara Watkin guilty after hiding male genitalia during sex acts with man
Ciara Watkin, 21, had spent a night with a man she met on Snapchat. Watkin performed sex acts on the man at a home in Thornaby, Yorkshire. But she refused to let the man touch her. She later messaged the man and told him she was transgender. The man then reported Watkin to the police. She was found guilty of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration. The 21-year-old has had no gender reassignment surgery and had stuffed clothing inside of her bra. She will be sentenced on October 10 and the judge said: “We hope that he can take some comfort from seeing Watkin convicted for these serious sexual offences today” For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details.
Ciara Watkin, 21, had spent a night with a man she met and messaged on Snapchat, a court heard. Watkin performed sex acts on the man at a home in Thornaby, Yorkshire, several years ago but she refused to let the man touch her. Watkin concealed she had male genitalia and later messaged the man and told him she was transgender.
In the messages, Watkin said she had a “massive secret” to tell him, before revealing: “I’m trans. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.” The man then reported Watkin to the police.
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Watkin today was found guilty of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration. She will be sentenced on October 10.
In a police interview played in court, the victim said: “All the way throughout she made out she was fully a girl.” He said the pair had been drinking and chatting, before deciding to go into the bedroom “which is when everything happened”.
He said: “Throughout the full time, she was telling me she was on her period. It was like as far as I was concerned she was a female.”
Sarah Nelson, Senior Crown Prosecutor at CPS North East, said: “It is clear from the evidence in this case that, prior to engaging in sexual activity with the victim, Watkin had made no attempt to inform him of her transgender status.
“The Crown Prosecution Service has shown that, by failing to disclose this to him, it would not have been possible for him to give informed consent to sexual activity.
“The victim has made clear in police interview that he would not have engaged in sexual activity had he known that Watkin was transgender and, consequently, these events have had a significant impact on his mental wellbeing.
“We hope that he can take some comfort from seeing Watkin convicted for these serious sexual offences today.”
In the police interview played in court, when asked how he felt about what happened, the victim replied: “It makes me feel like it’s taken away my manhood. I see it as something that upsets me. I’m just trying to hide my emotions. At first I did just have an emotional breakdown.”
The court heard, in the man’s evidence, that Watkin had asked him to come into the bathroom when using the toilet and asked for the light to be switched off so it was “pitch black”. The jury heard Watkin had moved his hand from the defendant’s breast and thigh.
Victoria Lamballe, defending Watkin, said the 21-year-old has had no gender reassignment surgery and had stuffed clothing inside of her bra. Watkin told the man over the phone about being transgender some time after the pair had met, the court heard.
They met again for a second time at his home and the victim’s mother suspected Watkin was trans, but did not say anything to her son, the court heard. His friends came to his house and also suspected Watkin trans, jurors were told.
Watkin told the man over the phone about being transgender some time after the pair had met and she told police she realised if the man believed she was trans, the relationship would have ended.
The judge today said: “Ciara Watkin made full admissions in her interviews with police. They say there is no question she set out to deceive him as to her true gender. That was done to secure sexual relations with (him).”