Transgender sex offender, 41, jailed for pretending to be a teenage boy to groom 12-year-old girl
A 41-year-old transgender sex offender has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after she pretended to be a teenage boy in an attempt to groom a 12-year-old girl, according to reports.
The accused, identified as Jacinta Brooks, who was known as Duncan Smart but now lives as a woman, reportedly sent multiple explicit messages to the schoolgirl, in some of which she asked the young girl to send indecent images of herself, the Daily Mail reported.
Southampton Crown Court on Monday heard that it was the third time Brooks had been accused of targeting children, and in one instance she had sexual intercourse with a girl under 16-year-old and abused another minor. Brooks had previously served nearly 13 years behind bars for sexually assaulting the 16-year-old.