An award-winning police officer told of her fury after a force spent 10 months investigating her for calling a transgender activist 'Fred' instead of 'Freda' on social media.
Cathy Larkman, who served with South Wales Police for more than three decades, was shocked when former colleagues turned up at her home near Port Talbot on Sept 4.
The retired superintendent, who won awards during her career as a firearms commander and she founded the South Wales Female Police Association, was horrified to discover that police had spent 10 months assessing whether shortening the name of a transgender activist was a hate crime.
In social media posts dating back to September last year, Ms Larkman referred to activist Freda Wallace as 'Fred', using the 'dead' male name of the now transgender woman.
Ms Larkman believes a complaint was made by disgraced transgender police officer Lynsay Watson, who has a history of urging the authorities to pursue criminal investigations of people who are critical of gender ideology.
