A TRANS woman facing jail for sexually assaulting a Snapchat date by hiding her male organs has insisted: “He must have known.”
Ciara Watkin, 21, was convicted of duping the young man into believing she was a biological female during their short sexual relationship.
She performed sex acts on him but wouldn’t let him touch her below the waist.
Watkin told him that she was “on her period”, but later texted him to say she had a “massive secret”, her trial heard.
When she revealed she was trans he replied: “WTF. So you have a d***? OMFG. I feel ill,” before reporting her to the police.
She was convicted of sexual assault and is due to be sentenced today at Teesside crown court.
But ahead of the case she told The Sun: “He must have known I’m not female. He knew all along I was trans and at first chose to ignore it.
“His mum knew and all his mates who met me knew, so how could he claim to be the only one who didn’t?
“I am not finished with this – I have a strong case that I have been unfairly prosecuted and I’m prepared to make a legal case for that.”
Watkin spent the night with the man during which she performed sex acts on him, the court heard.
Prosecutor Paul Reid said: “The defendant had concealed from the man that she had a penis, during their brief relationship.
“The man told the police that if he had known Watkin was transgender, he would not have consented. He said: ‘I don’t swing that way’.”
Watkin, of Thornaby, Teesside, denied two counts of sexual assault and one of sexual assault by penetration but the jury took just 75 minutes to find her guilty in August.
Judge Peter Makepeace warned her that “the overwhelming likelihood is custody”.
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