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UK moves rapist to female prison
21 Mar 2017 at 18:19hrs | Views
A convicted UK rapist who is reportedly serving a life sentence has been moved to a women-only prison.
The rapist identified as Martin Ponting had a sex change while in prison to become a woman.
His name is now Jessica Martina Winfield.
According to BBC in 2007 while in one of Britain's toughest prisons, Whitemoor Prison, Martina once complained that she never felt right being a man.
She felt "like a female trapped in a male body."
Martina was moved to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey.
The rapist identified as Martin Ponting had a sex change while in prison to become a woman.
His name is now Jessica Martina Winfield.
According to BBC in 2007 while in one of Britain's toughest prisons, Whitemoor Prison, Martina once complained that she never felt right being a man.
She felt "like a female trapped in a male body."
Martina was moved to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey.
Source - BBC
