Photo: Transgender woman who raped a girl before transition sent to male prison

A transgender woman, Davina Ayrton convicted of rape when she was a man, has been sent to a male prison.

Ayrton, 34, who changed her name from David three years ago was found guilty on Friday, January 9, of raping a 15-year-old girl in the autumn of 2004. The week-long trial at Portsmouth crown court heard that she had attempted to kill herself last summer.

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