A transgender woman who assaulted a family friend who was trying to break up a fight outside a bar is a “vulnerable” person who will find prison particularly difficult, a Dublin court has heard.
The court heard Kavanagh of Priory Hall Whitehall Road, Kimmage Manor, Dublin has transitioned to a woman since the assaults took place and is now known as Shauna Kavanagh. A gender recognition certificate was handed up in court. Before he died, Mr Coogan wrote a letter to the court saying he bore no ill-will or malice towards Kavanagh. Mr Coogan’s partner, who is Kavanagh’s aunt and who was present at the time, also told gardaí she did not believe Kavanagh meant to assault her partner, the court heard.Kavanagh has two minor previous convictions for public order and failing to produce a specimen, Eilis Brennan SC, prosecuting, told the court. Further theft charges are currently before the District Court.
What does her being transgender have anything to do with her crime? I highly doubt you would change the headline if it was a gay cisgender man or a lesbian cisgender woman to something like “gay man/woman to be sentenced...”.
I can't keep track any more. Is a transgender woman a dick with a dick who think's he's a chick?