Paedophile secretly filmed women in public toilet and sexually assaulted tourist on Durham city bridge - identifies as trans

[fromorbit]

The thing that never happens has happened AGAIN.

A paedophile who filmed women in public toilets and sexually assaulted a tourist on a bridge has been locked up.

Kurtis Mawson was spotted inside female toilets near the Odeon at Millburngate shopping centre in Durham city. The 22-year-old was inside a closed cubicle and was standing on the toilet looking into the next cubicle.

Durham Crown Court heard how the member of the public who saw him on May 5, 2022 contacted police 10.48am and kept watch until they arrived. They also ushered a group of young women out of the toilets.

Liam OBrien, prosecuting, told the court how Mawson was still inside the toilet cubicle when police arrived and an officer asked if anybody was in there. In an attempt to conceal his identity, Mawson put on a high pitched voice and answering "Yeah".

The prosecutor said one of the officers climbed on top of a toilet to continue a conversation with him. He said: "When challenged with what he is doing in a women's toilet he said: 'Just chilling'. He then said he was there as he identified as female."

When police arrested him, they found him in possession of a mobile phone and a digital camera. He had recorded material of women using the toilet.

Mr OBrien told the court: "One of the officers expressed at one stage 'What's wrong with you?'. The defendant answered 'There is something wrong with me, I need help'.

Mawson told police he had purchased a mini camera specifically for recording women and had hidden inside a toilet cubicle until someone entered the stall next to him so he could film them.

The court in Durham heard how Mawson's home was searched and and a number of digital devices, including a computer and it's hard drive, were seized. They were found to contain indecent images of children.

A further computer device was then seized from Mawson, which contained more indecent images of children.

Mr OBrien said there were 80 category category A images - the most serious - as well as category B and C images. There was also an extreme pornographic image of a person engaging in an act with a dog.

In June last year, while on police bail, Mawson committed a sex act next to a tourist who was taking a picture of Durham Cathedral from a bridge in Durham. During the act, he subjected the woman to a sexual assault.

Mr OBrien said: "She was incredibly distressed. She didn't know what to with herself. She asked a number of passers by for help."

In a victim impact statement, which Mr OBrien read to the court, the woman said: "This was my first time visiting Durham. I was excited to see the cathedral. But this incident has made me feel shocked and speechless."

She said that it made her no longer want to wear a skirt or shorts again, adding: "I do not want this to happen to anybody else."

Mawson, who appeared in court via video link to prison, also went on to breach a sexual harm order and the sex offenders register. He did this by setting up three accounts on dating websites Hinge, Bumble and Tinder without informing police.

He also used an alias to set up a profile on a gaming website called Steam, in which users can communicate, without telling officers. He called himself 'Patrick Bateman' after the fictional character in horror film American Psycho.

Mawson, High Street, Willington, County Durham, pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a female, voyeurism, three counts of making indecent photographs of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image. He also admitted breaching a sexual risk order and failing to comply with the sexual offender register.

Brian Mark, defending, told the court that Mawson, who has slight Asperger's Syndrome, admits responsibly for his actions and apologises to the victims. He said: "He acknowledges that he needs serious help.

"What he does need is not just to be sent to a prison, receive no help or proper courses and then be thrown out. That would not assist society, it would not assist the court.

"What he wants is to have treatment so when he comes out of prison he's not going to go back to prison."

His barrister told the court that he is now disgusted by the videos and the pictures. He added: "He doesn't want to do that again. He never wants to behave in that way again. He said it's disgusting behaviour, behaviour he doesn't want to repeat."

Judge Joanne Kidd told Mawson that the offences he committed represent a pattern of "disturbing sexualised behaviour".

In relation to the sexual assault, the judge said: "You were extremely sexually preoccupied. You targeted a lone woman standing on a bridge in the middle of the day." She told him he had no consideration of the risk, which was a extremely concerning feature.

Judge Kidd sentenced him to 25 months in prison. She told him that he will be subject to notification and a sexual harm prevention order for a period of 10 years.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/paedophile-secretly-filmed-women-public-28737673

But he doesn’t even identify as trans.

This is purely an example of a man up to no good drawing upon ‘I identify as female’ to try to get away with being in the women’s loos to gain access to victims.

Obviously this matters a great deal and indicates that ridiculous claims that no man would lie about being trans in order to gain access to victims that people use when arguing for selfID.

This is a pretty obvious example of how men with ill intent can and will use the concept of trans to enable or get away with their crimes.

His barrister told the court that he is now disgusted by the videos and the pictures. He added: "He doesn't want to do that again. He never wants to behave in that way again. He said it's disgusting behaviour, behaviour he doesn't want to repeat."

Are we seriously supposed to believe this shit? He isn't disgusted by what he's done. He's pissed off he got caught.

And this man is a prime example of why we don't have men in the women only spaces. Good on the individuals that raised the alarm.

And It's telling that whilst he isn't trans that was his go to response when caught.

"Slight Asperger's Syndrome"

Give me strength.

This is exactly why men shouldn't ever be let have access to women's toilets, changing rooms, dressing rooms etc. It's far too easy for any type of sex offender to wander in claiming 'but I'm a woman' and women are supposed to just put up and shut up.

I agree he isn't sorry or disgusted. He's just sorry he's caught.
I live near Durham but hadn't heard about this. He'd have been over that bridge if he'd assaulted me. That poor woman. She'll never get over that.

That thing that never happens seems to 'never happen' an awful lot.

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

Hes a deviant and sexual predator. Obviously mentally not ok. He was using every trick to avoid arrest
Still no reason to be anti trans

Still no reason to be anti trans

Sigh….and round we go again…

@Maddy70 that’s very transphobic of you - whatever happened to “acceptance without exception”

Awful. Well done to the woman who called the police.

We are not being “anti trans”. We are being “anti men in women’s toilets”. That includes but is not specific to trans women.

Exactly. Strange isnt it? why, its almost like its a pattern and could be easily predicted 🙄

Still no reason to be anti trans

No one here is anti-trans so there is nothing to worry about.

Good reason to keep men, however they identify, out of women's spaces though. If he'd thought ahead he'd have put on some lippy, played the 'how dare you, I just want to pee' card, probably got the woman (a shero btw) arrested, the copper disciplined and sent for diversity training.

He doesn’t identify as trans, he used the excuse of identifying as a woman to try and avoid consequences.

Of course he only said this because he was caught in the act of filming, but had he been challenged going in to the toilets, fully intending to film women, or had he not been spotted actually in the act, he could have said the same thing and nothing could have been done.

It’s not good enough to wash your hands of someone after they’ve been caught - this is exactly where women said this would end up. By gender identity ideology there is no reason to actually disbelieve him, how he presents is irrelevant, we can’t know his inner feelings, we only have what he says.

This is exactly what women have warned about and been shut down with accusations of bigotry.

At some point there has to be a grown up conversation that acknowledges GI supporters getting their way DOES have a negative impact on women.

Because that pie that we are always being told rights are not like is becoming more like the one in American Pie as far as men are concerned. Not only do they want more of it, they want their dicks in it as well.

The guy played the mental health card already.

During his sentence he will probably start identifying as trans as hundreds of other sex criminals do already to get better treatment.

As soon as they do that they become trans. In fact given trans now is solely about what you say and not what you do he is as trans as anyone else as soon as he said he was a woman in the toilet. That is what self ID means.

He can give himself all sorts of labels but none of them excuse or explain his behaviour. He chose to access and store images of child sexual abuse; he chose to sexually assault a woman; he chose to buy multiple recording devices and he chose to walk into public toilets that are for WOMEN ONLY and to film women using the toilet.

25 months is not a long enough sentence for the distress and harm he’s caused (and the child sexual abuse he’s complicit in by accessing images online).

Also, 25 months in prison - will he serve that long?

I am guessing he will always be a danger to women, children and even animals.

How can society be protected from people like him?

Obviously very safe spaces for females would be a step in the right direction, but that seems like a pipedream these days.

How is it anti trans? TRAs have pushed hard for women to turn a blind eye to men in changing rooms/toilets etc and cried foul when women said some men- who you categorise as mentally not ok deviant sexual predators- would use this to behave in offensive and illegal ways.

There’s no “anti trans comments” but responsibility lies with those that have enabled this- will full knowledge it would happen.

This.

I mean, if anyone is “anti trans” it’s the guy using it as cover for his behaviour.

Or you for not going along with “acceptance without exception” 🙄Maddi

Of course he only said this because he was caught in the act of filming, but had he been challenged going in to the toilets, fully intending to film women, or had he not been spotted actually in the act, he could have said the same thing and nothing could have been done.

This cannot be repeated often enough.

That woman was amazing.

I feel sort of bleak when these young men are arrested. Does any kind of reform work for sex offenders? You just think they’ve got a whole adult life to keep doing this stuff and potentially escalate.

Anti trans my fat arse.

THIS is why these signs are so very dangerous.