Overview

• A Teesside Crown Court jury found Watkin guilty of two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual assault by penetration on August 22.
• Sentencing is set for October 10, with the judge calling custody the overwhelming likelihood and ordering pre‑sentence and possible psychiatric reports.
• Watkin must sign the sex offenders' register and was granted conditional bail to her home address pending sentencing.
• Prosecutors said the complainant could not give informed consent because Watkin did not disclose she is transgender, a position emphasized by CPS lawyer Sarah Nelson.
• Evidence included Snapchat messages, Watkin’s police admission that sex occurred without disclosure, testimony that she claimed to be on her period to prevent touching below the waist, and the complainant’s account of emotional distress; the defense argued he would have known and later complained due to peer mockery.