Girl abducted in Galashiels appears to have been held by transwoman

[ArabellaScott]

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Only source so far, but appears to be potentially corroborated by the Sun:

www.thesun.co.uk/news/21308457/cops-search-butchers-and-forensics-scour-for-evidence/

Fuck. I'm not surprised in the least but I was really hoping that when the police announced they had found her "safe and well" they didn't just mean "alive". How the fuck is found raped "safe and well"?!

How come he is still being reported as a man, with his male name, and not as a transwoman? I don't want him referred to as a woman AT ALL but the fact that he is trans, and has been "Amy" for some years, seems to be bring pushed under the carpet.

Fucker. Bastardy fucker

That poor child, and no anonymity.

All the alternative genders- butcher, kidnapper, individual etc. he was a fucking rapist after all.

Oh God that poor child.

Bloody lucky the police got there before it got any worse.

How come he is still being reported as a man, with his male name, and not as a transwoman? I don't want him referred to as a woman AT ALL but the fact that he is trans, and has been "Amy" for some years, seems to be bring pushed under the carpet.

If I was being hopeful I would say because people are starting to wise up. If I was being cynical I would say because no real TW would ever commit a crime ever...

That poor poor girl. My heart breaks for her.

I can't post what I'd like to do to that fucking monster.

My heart goes to the wee girl. I'm sickened by this. He is the worst kind of vile monster.

Oh that is such awful news. That poor child.

I had hoped given the prior charges that that was it, so sad that there was more to come.

It really is getting to the point where you cannot trust media.

All my thoughts with that girl and her family. Good god.

Maybe Sturgeon had advance information about the charges this man faces and that contributed to her scarpering rather than face another grilling re his gender and the appropriate prison for him.

Fuckity fuck.

The one thing we all desperately hoped hadn’t happened.

I hope no expense is being spared in the support of this girl and her family.
An 11 year old should be able to play with friends on a Sunday afternoon and get home safely.

My DD is 11. This poor dear girl. The thought of what she endured is unbearable.

Heart breaking, but sadly not surprising. That poor girl.

Awful news, poor girl, I hope she is getting good support. What an absolute bastard.

How the fuck is found raped "safe and well"?!

Absolutely agree; fwiw, this usage has been a thing for many years. I remember learning as much about six or seven years ago following a different local missing girl case that also turned into a rape trial.

I imagine it’s meant to protect the victim’s privacy just a little bit when they’re first found.

It is distressing though when you realise how many times you’ve heard the expression over the years and assumed that it actually did mean safe and well.

Poor kid. I'm surprised this is getting reported though, as she has no anonymity (would it be possible block reporting on it though? I'm not sure).

The link between police, media and diversity trainers needs auditing. Anyone who thought a girl abducted and raped was found safe and well does not understand women at all.

I agree. I think it probably means "not dead". A poster on another thread commented it could have been heading that way which totally chilled me. It probably was. How on earth could he have ever released her and got away with it? What other options had he left himself? I feel quite sick.

Agree @scratchedbymycat

It makes you think surely he’s done it before, or something before without being caught, as this just doesn’t seem like a typical first offense — I mean, what do I know, but just the sheer boldness and extreme nature of it.

I’m not trying to armchair detect, honestly, it’s just — it’s scary.

I'm fairly certain rape takes you out of the "safe and well" and into the "life changing" category... this could have been reported and it feels like the information was withheld. I hope this was at the family's request and not to save someone else. It needs investigating. There's no point me speculating.. but if we say nothing, nothing will be done.

Truly, while I get that it sounds all kinds of wrong, it is established practice to say ‘safe and well’ in these circs.

It’s not new, and it’s not something they do for the perpetrator’s sake. It’s not intended to shield him.

They could hardly come out and say the victim had been found traumatised by sexual assault/rape, because at that stage her name was still all over the press because of the ongoing search for her. Huge violation of her privacy to say anything indicating what she’d been through.

Also they may not yet have known, if she was not ready to explain fully.

Lock the bastard up and throw away the key.

Honestly, if it was my DD, I'd ask the police to say whatever allows her to recover as privately as possible. I'd then spend the rest of my days trying to work out how to make this bastard pay.

A friend and I were baffled by his timing, given the hatred directed at Isla Bryson literally the week before. She speculated that that and the GRR bill may have been factors in triggering him. That seems plausible to me.

"Also they may not yet have known, if she was not ready to explain fully."

But this, though. Obviously.

She won't have been able to talk about her experiences. She won't have had the language.