Trans rapist complains that being in male prison is 'worse than the crime I'm supposedly guilty of'

Secker, 36, lured a woman into woodland "under the pretence of sobering up," before attacking her - although he claimed he was innocent and insisted it was consensual.

He continues to deny the charges.

The convicted rapist sat in the dock and wept after being sentenced for carrying out the sexual assault.

Judge Jason Taylor KC said he "hatched a plan to be alone with her," while she was "significantly affected by alcohol".

Secker was "focused on your own sexual gratification," according to the Judge, who later heard how the defendant has depression, gender dysphoria, and has been the victim of multiple assaults while behind bars.

Judge Taylor, however, dismissed this: "At the time of this offence, you were a man.

"You identified as a man and you were, on the evidence, clearly attracted to women.

"You were not disinhibited at the time by your conditions. There is no evidence they were as present and compelling as they are now."

Secker was sent to HMP Ashfield, a male prison with around 400 inmates, last November - although has struggled to acclimatise to life behind bars as a trans woman.

According to the Daily Mail, in a recent letter, titled "Prison's tougher if you're trans," published in October of this year, Secker bemoans the "additional difficulties" he has faced.

"Here are just some of the 'additional difficulties' I have faced," Secker wrote.

"Sexual assault, sexual harassment, transphobia, misogyny, having urine thrown over me, being threatened, being spat at, being unable to shower or use the toilets, being asked invasive and inappropriate questions, and having other prisoners expose themselves to me.

"Things that have happened to me since I've come to prison have been worse than the crime I'm supposedly guilty of. Is this justice?"

The prisoner questioned if his "judge would have thought so had it been someone they cared for on the stand."

Secker added: "I am genuinely concerned about the damage this experience has done to me. I don’t think I will ever be okay again.

"In my mind, the acknowledgement of ‘additional difficulties’ is an acknowledgement that I have not been given a fair or equal sentence.

"It is an admission that, as a transgender woman in a men’s prison, injustice is an acceptable part of my sentence."

Secker's case was followed closely by JK Rowling, whom he had previously called a "shallow, insecure pleb who mistook success for intelligence".

Upon the Secker's sentencing, Ms Rowling took to social media: "The important thing to remember is, he's a total one off*, none of the other men arguing against women-only spaces are predators** and we won't find out down the line there are more rapists hiding in plain sight.***

"*He really isn't.

"**They totally are.

"***We definitely will."

Secker has had further letters published in Inside Time, a newspaper for prisoners. One, called "My fears, as a trans prisoner," says: "My fear right now is that I will lose what little security I do have.

"That I will be forced through traumatic experiences because of this ruling, and that those who already hate me for my gender will feel emboldened by it.

"But mostly what I fear is that I will continue not to belong, and that my life will be defined not by who I am, but by what happened to be between my legs when I was born.

"Of course, we must keep women safe. But placing genuine trans women in male prisons is not the solution."

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