A transgender man was raped within an hour of being admitted to an all-male ward of a secure psychiatric NHS hospital, a court heard. The biological female was earmarked immediately by other patients, with one alleged attacker shouting 'no Adam's apple, no Adam's apple,' prosecutors said.
The attacks allegedly took place on the Eden Ward secure psychiatric unit of Lambeth Hospital in south London on April 12, 2022.
The ward is for men with severe mental health problems, some of whom have been brought in by police having been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
And yet, they still aren't as mad & incompetent as the people running the place! Or the prosecuting team, still referring to her as a male.
'The fact that (the complainant) is biologically female with female anatomy, if it was appropriate to transfer him to a male ward at all, the hospital ought to have provided one-to-one monitoring, but this did not happen as a result of staff shortages,' Ms Bex told the jury.
'He was therefore left unattended and without appropriate supervision.
And just in case the jury want to indulge in a little nullification on the basis the wrong people are on trial here:
'Whilst this may no doubt be of concern to you, or indeed anyone listening, the hospital is not on trial here; whether it has questions to answer is for a different type of enquiry.'
Yes, we've all seen how much use they are.
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