A transgender serial pedophile is being sent to a women’s prison in the United Kingdom following a conviction on 30 charges related to the sexual abuse of 7 children.
John Robert Dixon, 58, carried out abuse against five girls and two boys from 1989 to 1996, the youngest victim being 7 years old at the time. In 2004, Dixon began identifying as a woman named Sally Anne.
Today, a Judge at Lewes Crown Court declared that Dixon would be sentenced to serve a minimum of 12 years in custody before he could be eligible for parole. But, to the outrage of some, Dixon will be serving his time in a female prison. This is despite the fact Dixon does not have a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) — a document indicating a person has legally changed gender.
According to Keep Prisons Single Sex, 72% of incarcerated women are non-violent offenders. 23% of women are also first-time offenders, and half of incarcerated women report having been the victim of physical or sexual abuse as a child.
“I am horrified that the prison service has chosen not to include Dixon amongst the 99% of [trans-identified males] with no GRC who are held in the male estate.”