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

More Alex

Someone did make a sign

It said 'if you see someone in these loos who looks like they shouldn't be here then ignore your instincts, stfu, and their feels are more important than your safety'

Someone posted it earlier

My thanks to Maddy for #OperationLetThemSpeak 🙌

In Asda roughly 3 weeks ago and suddenly desperate for the loo. Go into the ladies toilets and there is a queue. Standing in the queue and main door opens, man dressed up in woman’s garb thinks he’ll give it a go then sees me glaring and thinks better of it.

I just glare at them and if the opportunity presents itself, words are spoken which MN would likely ban me for if I wrote them down here.

I’ve got zero time and give zero fucks towards men who objectify women as costumes to put on and take off at will. I don’t give a flying duck what they call themselves. They are men.

The first rule of domestic abuse is that the perp objectifies the victim. I see nothing different going on here.

Yes, that was what I was referring to

"The genderqueer movement is the most feminist you can get" Alex says.

FML. It really isn't. I don't see any feminism there at all. From what I've seen, it is rather a selfish, demanding and egotistical movement. All things women are told not to be.

So we have Alex and Alan standing in the ladies, which one do I ask to leave?

After looking at their fine beards, long hair, collection of jewellery and eyeliner how do I know which is ok to be in there? 😬

(disclaimer I don’t think Alan Moore uses the ladies loos).

Alex is the one you should ask to leave. Alan's rings are more tasteful making him her the true woman.

Obviously the proper thing to do is usher both in with a "come in ladies, what a lovely necklace, do you by any chance have a tampon I could borrow?"

Alan's cigarette doesn't look like it was made by B&H.

Alan holds that rollie aloft just like my dear old mum. True woman; case closed!

So if he had identified as a woman we'd be having the same conversation about it as Blake as presumably they'd be using female pronouns all through the article?

Yep! And that is why this whole thing is so idiotic. It's literally down to them self IDing. The guy in this thread only made one mistake, he didn't stick with the fact he was a woman. If he had he'd probably have got a suspended sentence as they wouldn't have felt a woman like him was safe in the men's prison.

You're right, it isn't a reason to be anti trans, but it's an excellent reason for being pro women and their right to single sex spaces.

You usually do. It seems to be a point of pride on your part to come onto threads and take the contrarian view. In fact whenever I see your name I can pretty much be sure that you're arguing against 99% of posters on any given thread, but especially on here.

And no, I'm not 'stalking' you. Certain names just pop up when you've been here a while.

I don’t know what reasonable non transphobic precautions we can take?

We were always assured that men with gender do not commit sexual crimes and men without gender would never identify as women to commit sexual crimes.

Times change, and now we are told that men with gender do commit sexual crimes, but still need access to womens spaces, and men without gender will id as women and access womens spaces to commit sexual crimes.

Our intial fears were correct, but the crimes are now highlighting the sexual assaults rates of men with gender, and assuming men claiming gender are actually men with gender.

So instead of talking about the dismantling of women only spaces, we are talking about how nasty it is that men are being blamed for what men are doing. That's transphobic.

First we're told by The Right Side of History that a woman is anyone who says they identify as a woman, and this must be accepted without exception because otherwise this is denying their existence and literal violence and genocide.

Next, we're told by The Right Side of History that naughty men will assault women anyway, so they have no need to identify as women to do so. And that indeed, no man would falsely identify as a woman in order to assault women.

But we are also told by The Right Side of History that any naughty man identifying as a woman, who has been caught assaulting women, is a liar who isn't actually a woman and was falsely identifying as a woman.

I don’t know what reasonable non transphobic precautions we can take?

Aren't any.

Basically being 'non transphobic' means total unquestioning compliance whatever happens. It's the logic of a toddler.

Hence why no one will ever explain what they mean with the lazy 'anti trans' throw out.

@Maddy70

I don’t believe in gender. I don’t believe in trans.

I’m anti trans.

We are waaaay past this point of ‘anti trans’ scare tactics.

You sound like a bit of a bully tbh.

It can't be "walk out".

There was a university that published guidance explaining that leaving a room (like a toilet or changig room!) would be a transphobic microaggression.

There was a university that published guidance explaining that leaving a room (like a toilet or changig room!) would be a transphobic microaggression

How the bloody hell do these people manage to get out of bed in the morning? and who the hell cares what they think 'would be a transphobic microagression'? if leaving a place because someone makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe I've been doing that for years.

Being male and walking into a female only space is a gynephobic and misogynistic mega aggression.

Agreed frood.

The other thing that troubles me is now we are telling girls if they see someone who looks male in a space you’d expect only women and girls (small boys as well, I guess) assume they know their gender identity better than you and trust they are in the right place. Assume they’re probably trans and they need your support.

We are also teaching boys and men they CAN walk into single sex spaces and they won’t be asked to leave because it’s rude to assume they are “cis men”.

I find it really dangerous that had a young girl gone in 5 minutes before this guy was caught there’s a very good chance she would have been expected to say or do nothing until it was too late. Because she’s been trained to assume it’s ok. Even though it’s massively open to exploitation and men will creep if they think there’s a reasonable expectation they will get away with it.

THIS. ⬆⬆⬆

JKR is now on the case. Another great tweet followed by a series three showing how single sex spaces are important. Get ready for this case to get big.

More details of what happened in the assault on the bridge. Its grim... brace yourself.
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-08-22/high-risk-sex-offender-assaulted-tourist-as-she-took-photos-of-durham-cathedral

Also just noted there was another similar case in Durham last year. That pervert didn't claim Trans identity as far as we know. Though given he was stealing women's underwear he is probably on the way a definite egg. From now on following the TRAs own terminology I am going to refer to criminals like this as eggs.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-09-15/man-put-secret-cameras-in-toilets-and-stole-womens-underwear