Trans rapist: I'll be back in women's jail

Alba MSP says case is wake-up call for Government over gender

- BY JENNIFER HYLAND

ISLA Bryson has slammed a court ruling on biological sex and demanded to be moved back to a female prison.

The convicted double rapist, born Adam Graham, began to identify as a woman called Isla while awaiting trial for rape.

The case caused political waves after the rapist was sent to female jail Cornton Vale before then FM Nicola Sturgeon announced a switch to all-male HMP Edinburgh and later Glenochil.

In April, the Supreme Court ruled a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law and the Scottish Government is facing calls to move all biological men out of women's jails.

The decision came after feminist group For Women Scotland (FWS) challenged the Scottish Government's 2018 ruling that transgender women could be included as female in laws requiring 50/50 representation on public boards.