Overview
- Recorder Peter Makepeace at Durham Crown Court imposed a 21-month sentence for two sexual assaults and one count of assault by penetration.
- Watkin must sign the sex offenders register for 10 years and is subject to a lifelong restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim.
- A Teesside Crown Court jury took about 75 minutes to convict after evidence that she told the man she was on her period and later texted, "I'm trans."
- The CPS and Cleveland Police said the deception removed the possibility of informed consent, describing the case as being about true consent.
- The judge said the victim was totally deceived and condemned media and social posts that ridiculed him, noting this intensified the harm.