A transgender offender who dumped soiled adult nappies outside nurseries as well as smearing excrement on milk bottles has avoided a jail sentence.
A judge heard how Abbi Taylor, from South Shields in Tyne and Wear and who also appeared on a court list as Martin Tarling, had apparently suffered a 'difficult time' previously in a men's prison on remand.
Nottinghamshire Magistrates' Court was told the 46-year-old identifies as a woman but is being held at a men's jail - and was referred to with both male and female pronouns during a hearing.
Taylor has now been sentenced to two years in prison, though this was suspended for two years.
The defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of dumping bags of toxic materials - nappies containing human waste - at nurseries in South Tyneside.
