A female transexual was spared jail despite ‘bondage sex’ with a child when she was a man
A TRANSEXUAL woman has been spared jail despite confessing to sex offences with a child when she was a man.
Gina Owen, 61, from Leigh, near Sherborne, Dorset, admitted two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
The offences took place 12 years ago, before Owen underwent her sex change.
She was accused of involvement in a sick bondage sex session with an underage boy.
The boy was allegedly convinced to tie her up, urinate in her mouth and humiliate her by hitting her “then male” genitals.
Owen had denied the charges, but changed her plea on the first day of her trial after the wording of the indictment was changed.
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She pleaded guilty the two counts of abuse of trust at Taunton crown court, Somerset.
No further details of the precise nature of the admitted offences were given.
The only information provided was that the first charge related to the period between 1 May 2004 and 14 August 2004, while the second related to the period between 14 August 2004 and 31 December 2004.
Owen sensationally walked free from court after being sentenced to a two year conditional discharge.
She was also ordered to sign the sex offender’s register for two years and pay £500 in victim compensation.
Speaking after the case outside court, she said: "I am free – that is all there is to it.
“I was slaughtered by the press before all the facts were known and was treated appallingly.
“I am not going to say anymore as me and my family have been through enough.
“I am free and I have walked out of court – what does that tell you?
“The judge set me free.
“That's the end of it and I will now move on.”
Despite her comments about the facts of the case not being known, Owen refused to expand on the circumstances behind her conviction.
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