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May 10, 2019updated 30 Sep 2022 7:46am

Sun and Mail Online acted in public interest by reporting convicted sex offender’s gender change, IPSO rules

By PA Media Lawyer

A convicted sex offender who changed gender has had her complaint about two newspaper articles dismissed.

Michelle Lewin complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation over articles published in the Sun, headlined: “Fury as trans paedo put in women’s jail”, and on Mail Online with the header: “Outrage as transgender child groomer who is ‘legally female’ is put in women’s jail leaving inmates terrified”.

In the articles, published on 18 September last year, it was reported female inmates were “terrified” after she was moved into the female prison.

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