d identified as a transgender boy. She no longer identifies as male….
Bubb, now 27, asked the girl for nude photographs and videos. When they met in person, he sexually assaulted her in a park in west London and made her perform a sex act.
She was first raped in 2020, when she was 13 or 14.
The judge, though, is keen to protect the man's supposed dignity.
On Monday, Judge Jonathan Cooper said: “You are going to be addressed in this court, when it comes to proceedings as we are going along, as Ms Samuels and that’s because you are entitled to the proper respect for your dignity and that’s how you wish to be addressed. I will apologise in advance if that doesn’t always work.
“The matters we are concerned with relate to a period when you identified as a male, James Bubb … There are going to be witnesses who [will] speak about the case and behaviours that go back to 2018 … When they make reference to you and your actions, those witnesses will refer to the person they were engaged with at the time, and the name they and you were using.”
So at least the court will be spared talk of "her penis".
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