During sentencing, judge Lord Scott accepted that the offender Isla Bryson, 31, is considered "vulnerable in some ways" due to adverse childhood experiences, but added that "vulnerability is no excuse at all."

Bryson, who is a transgender woman, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having "preyed" upon and raped two women.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/transgender-rapist-isla-bryson-jailed-for-eight-years-for-attacks-on-two-women-when-she-was-a-man-12821513

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