‘Manipulative’ transgender sex attacker jailed

has been less than committed. The prosecution suggest the reason for the lack of commitment towards transitioning is so the defendant can use a transgender persona to put herself in contact with vulnerable persons she can then abuse.”

White, of Elphin Court in Mytholmroyd, was first arrested after attacking a 66-year-old neighbour with a steak knife last year.

The victim was accused of trying to kiss White and ‘slobbering all over’ her before being stabbed with a knife.

White threatened: “I’m going to kill you. If I don’t do it now, you won’t know when or where but I am going to kill you.”

The court heard that two women then came forward with rape allegations.

One was raped while pregnant and another was raped repeatedly, causing internal injuries and her to fear she could not have children in the future. Both women had tried to take their own lives as a result of the rapes.

While on remand, White approached an inmate in the queue for prisoners to get medication.

Mr Dunn said: “The complainant, while waiting, felt something press against the small of her back. She turned around to see the defendant stood there.”

Another inmate told how she was in the prison workshop with White when the defendant was making “inappropriate comments.” White then grabbed her hand and put it on the defendant’s left breast with the words: “Oh look, they’re not real ones.”

White later told a probation officer she “could abuse a child and think nothing of it” and said he needed “to be put in hospital or she would abduct a child and kill it.”

White was found guilty of one count of wounding following a trial at Bradford Crown Court and later pleaded guilty to three counts of rape against two women and two counts of sexual assault against inmates.

White had previous convictions for indecent exposure, indecent assault and gross indecency committed against a 12-year-old and a nine-year-old boy.

Now in men’s prison HMP Leeds at Armley, White was locked up for life with a minimum of eight years and 116 days, of which she will serve half before being eligible for release on licence.

Judge Christopher Batty said: “You are a predator and highly manipulative and, in my view, you are a danger.

“You represent a significant risk of serious harm to children, to women and to the general public.”