He she they person
Wiltshire police are deranged.
A “person” was found guilty of rape. The court tried this “person” as a woman, even though he is of course a man. Women can’t rape. The police say that at the time of the “offence” – i.e. the rape – he was “living as a man.” What they mean is that he wasn’t yet pretending to be a woman. He was found guilty and remanded in custody. The victim of the rape is referred to as “they.”
Complete dog’s breakfast.
And the rapist?
So we have a female rapist and a gender-neutral victim. One other phrase leapt out at me:
Our victim? Probably the most honest part of the whole thing.
Had one of these in PDX recently, described a woman pistol whipping while committing an armed robbery. Immediately I was suspicious (when women are violent they don’t usually go in for clubbing) and lot and behold the “woman” was also known by another name “Damorian” which is generally a male name. Now, doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t a woman but this was in the Portland area so…
Reading between the lines, I think they know exactly how stupid it all is. They came up with the information “lived as a man/committed by a man” up front. If it were (or was? never get this right) the BBC, they would not tell us at all or hint at it in the final paragraph and only talk about a woman.
If the courts etc. all insist that this person is now a woman, what else should the police station write without getting in trouble. I Think they wanted to make the absurdity quite clear.