The Guardian reports:

A paedophile has been jailed for 10 years after using social media to groom children.

Rachel Fenton, who police said was known as Richard Fenton when arrested and charged, pleaded guilty to 21 child sexual abuse offences and a drug offence and was sent to a male prison.

The Guardian understands Fenton was living as a man when arrested in November 2020 and was later charged under that name.

But during the sentencing hearing on Monday, Manchester Minshull Street crown court heard Fenton had changed their name and was in the process of transitioning to become a woman.

Gee I wonder why. Couldn’t possibly be to escape violence from male prisoners could it?

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester police (GMP) said the force first heard about Fenton’s transition in a pre-sentence report in April.

And knew exactly how to understand it, I’m betting. But that won’t stop them arresting women for saying trans women are men…or will it. Could the ship be ever so slowly changing course?

Fenton was arrested after a group of people posed as an underage girl online and an undercover cop did the same thing, and he tried to lure all of them into underage sex.

After arrest, Fenton breached bail by inappropriately contacting a third “child”, who was in fact another undercover operative using a fake profile of a 13-year-old girl.

He doesn’t learn fast, does he.

Fenton has been in a male prison on remand since January 2021.

Despite being a Rachel now?

It’s a start.