Ex SNP activist who ‘wanted to beat feminists’ jailed for sexually assaulting young adults

[Justme56]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ex-snp-activist-who-wanted-33032986

It's on The Scotsman's site. Looks to me like the same text as the Standard and the byline is the same - Nick Forbes -though the Scotsman adds "PA".
https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/former-snp-equalities-officer-sentenced-to-six-years-for-string-of-assaults-4704752

These are the men that the SNP Greens Lib Dems etc want you to be kind to.
We are such heartless bigots for not wantingviolent se x offenders like Cameron in our spaces.

The Daily Record has its own version with a different byline, the headline 'Ex-SNP activist who wanted to 'beat the f* out of terfs'' jailed for sickening sex attacks" and a nice photo of Downing with Nicola.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ex-snp-activist-who-wanted-33255310

How on earth did the SNP seem to attract so many of these vile men and give them such influence?

Once the SNP decided that MRA trans activism was the progressive cause du jour, these were, largely, the people who put themselves forward.

In sentencing the judge said Downing showed a “hostility towards women, lack of concern for others, sexual preoccupation and deviant sexual preference”, and that he was at high risk of reoffending.

Jesus, he was in ERCC with vulnerable females!! 😡

x.com/wundt_vil/status/1813235335775588812?s=46&t=AjtjSItRj-kgZwRzL-pdyQ

The OP’s article is very detailed and mentions Joanna Cherry as well as JK Rowling. It’s very specific about the feminists in question, which is good to see.

They completely fall down on the “preferred pronouns” front. It’s spectacularly bad, confusing partly because “they/them” always is, but also switching continually backwards and forwards from about half way through.

Transactivism seems to attract a great many of these offensive and offending men. Difficult to say if it’s disproportionate, but there are so many prominent transactivists who are later prosecuted that it looks like a pattern and not a coincidence.

I'm glad that this irredeemably vile man has been remanded directly to custody, rather than being bailed to await his sentence. Also that he's been given time in prison, despite his solicitor's whining that it wasn't really his fault.

I really think that, considering the number of victims, that he should have received a significantly longer spell.

Six victims testified, I'm sure that there will be more. How many lives has this disgraceful specimen ruined? He's extended their nightmares, by pleading not guilty and denying his culpability.

I wonder what Sturgeon thinks, knowing that she's promoted these pals of hers and ruined people who spoke out about them? Does she REALLY still believe that she's RSOH? Does she give the slightest shit about his victims?

He got a discount because of his youth. Maturity is a movable feast in Scotland.

I seriously doubt she even bothers about anything that has no impact on her.

I'm just continually shocked by her callousness now. If she was any decent sort of human being she would at least put out a statement condemning his crimes and apologise for her part in promoting him despite his vile threats.

I'm glad he's been jailed it sounds awful for his victims. Also that tweet about ERCC and LGBTYS. Two equally dodgy organisations. Has the CEO not been sacked yet from ERCC???

I thought this was the thing that never happens. These trans/crossdresser people are oppressed little souls who can't be any harm.

Back to reality heart goes out to victims and further egg on the face of Sturgeon and self id proponents.

Given that there are strong indications that she may have tried to get Alex Salmond convicted, if not for something he didn’t do, but at the very least by encouraging multiple spurious accusations, I think it’s reasonable to assume she may not have a single scruple with which to warm herself on the long winter nights.

What a horrible piece of work he is and I’m glad he’s off our streets.

The article in the OP is all over the place with the he/they pronouns, it reads so badly to the point of being farcical.

Downing, who told the jury in their evidence that they identified as being non binary, said he hadn’t been threatening the male and was battling ‘complex’ mental health issues at the time of the abuse.

Say what? The jury identified as non-binary? How did Downing know that?

Those poor victims. What an utterly horrendous person Cameron Downing is. The fact that NS sleeps soundly at night when this is the kind of person she would have having free and unfettered access to children and women is a mystery that will never be solved.

Perhaps there should have been a further charge of crimes against the English language.

Are there any mathematical people on here? I'm sure we've got to the point now where there's enough data for someone to come up with the formulae for:

a) the probability that any transactivist who tries to cancel GC feminists turns out to have a history of comments that Bernard Manning (not Chelsea's detransitioner name) would consider a bit much
b) the probability that any bloke who wants to get into the ladies' loos turns out to be a giant nonce.

According to Twitter he was a service user of Edinburgh Rape Crisis centre 😱

https://x.com/scot_feminists/status/1813264140682637759?

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/248807

His picture hangs in the National Galleries of Scotland 🤔

I wonder whether that will be quietly removed to storage.

In fact, it might be an idea to contact the gallery via a throwaway email address and ask whether it wants to feature a portrait of a sex offender, with details of conviction and sentence.

I was just considering doing just that. I don't care if it's from my personal email address though.

Is it actually hanging? The link says it's 'view by appointment'.

It's from a series of photographs called 'Masc'. Arguably that title could be considered transphobic, definitely not TWAW, in pictures of NBs or TW.

It's featured on the website. That's actually worse - one has to visit the building itself to see a photo hanging on a wall, a photo on a website can be viewed by anyone in the entire world with an internet connection.

I heard he was involved with the Scottish Youth Parliament? But cannot find anything. Also he certainly MUST have links to LGBTYS and TIE. It's a cabal.

Wings over Scotland has done an excellent analysis of this; article here:-

https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-hiding/