From the Chronicle live link:
"Mr Lane said Taylor is in a relationship with a woman who she helps to live independently."
This bothers me because it makes it sound like this person is a carer, and I strongly doubt their suitability for this role.
"Mr Lane said Taylor was born male but identified as female [...] "The first recorded reference to this within the medical records goes back to 1993." He said identifying as a woman would increase Taylor's vulnerability if she was jailed."
They're angling that Taylor (Tarling) will be too vulnerable to go to prison, and/or needed by somebody who is dependent on them.
To summarise, this person:
- Dumped soiled adult nappies at Tyneside nurseries (plural), presumably at least three times, since they "pleaded guilty to three counts of depositing controlled waste at the nurseries." Not just one or two, but 50 or 100 at a time.
- Admitted stealing clinical waste bags from one of the businesses
- Admitted breaching a criminal behaviour order previously imposed by a Magistrates' Court which banned them from going near nurseries
- Admitted climbing into bins to "sleep and find comfort"
- They also smeared excrement on milk bottles and on a fire escape of one of the nurseries
"Myself and staff were coming in finding hundreds of nappies scattered in different coloured bags. It was really unsettling, we never knew what we were going to find."