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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the year: resignations, wars and kangaroo courts

16 December 2023

9:00 AM

16 December 2023

9:00 AM

January

The government stopped a Gender Recognition Bill passed by the Scottish parliament becoming law. Isla Bryson, now a transgender woman, was convicted of having raped two women; the 31-year-old was sent to a women’s prison, then transferred to one for men. A Met Police officer, David Carrick, aged 48, pleaded guilty to 24 charges of rape.

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