UK: Transgender Pedophile Released After Serving Half Of His Sentence, Reportedly Changed His Name For Third Time

By Reduxx Team

A transgender pedophile has been released into the community after serving just half of his prison sentence for encouraging his partner to sexually assault a young child. Nathan “Naomi” O’Brien has reportedly changed his name for the second time in what appears to be an attempt to hide from his criminal past.

O’Brien, 33, was previously sentenced in November of 2023 for his role in the horrific sexual abuse of a 4-year-old child. O’Brien and his sexual partner, Johnathan Walker, were arrested after a complex, joint investigation undertaken by the Greater Manchester Police and the South Wales Police. The authorities had first become aware of the situation after being tipped off by the FBI, who had discovered that Walker was sharing disturbing images of child rape through messaging application Kik.

With O’Brien’s explicit direction, Walker sexually assaulted a young boy and filmed himself performing sex acts in front of the boy. He recorded the sickening abuse and shared the videos with pedophiles online. In addition to raping the toddler, Walker had also been downloading horrific videos of children and babies being abused and raped. 

Investigators analyzed chat logs containing messages exchanged between Walker and O’Brien that indicated their sexual interest in children. O’Brien was discovered to have encouraged and aided Walker in sexually abusing the 4-year-old on several occasions in March of 2023.

O’Brien was ultimately sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison, with a 4 years and 4 months Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), while Walker received just over 12 years for his crimes.

Despite being male, Greater Manchester Police referred to O’Brien as a “woman” and “female” in their press release describing his conviction.

“Following a tenacious and lengthy investigation of 1,865 messages, our dedicated team was able to prove that the female suspects’ chats were not simply a case of role play or fantasy – she had knowledge that the male had an interest in sexually abusing a young boy on the direction of her,” said GMP’s DI Marsden in a 2023 statement.

“This is a significant result for what is a very vulnerable and innocent 4-year-old child who was subjected to multiple counts of abuse, but also for all other children in the community who could have been subject to similar offending by a predatory female who was inciting others to commit acts of sexual harm against the most vulnerable in society.

On social media, GMP was lambasted by users for referring to O’Brien as a “woman,” and locked their replies section to prevent direct discussion under their announcement.

British news outlets followed suit, with the BBC even identifying O’Brien as a “predatory woman” in their headline. Public outcry prompted the BBC to address the mountain of complaints one month later, but the article was left unedited and the BBC stood by the “accuracy” of their reporting.

“Our reporting was based on the court proceedings and on a press release issued by Greater Manchester Police in which they describe Naomi O’Brien as a female. They told us that ‘she identifies as a woman’. They used female pronouns in their press release and we reported accordingly,” the state news corporation argued. “We are aware of the sensitivities around use of pronouns however BBC News editorial practice is to refer to trans people as they refer to themselves. In our reporting we use the term and the pronoun used by the person in question, as we did here.”

On March 1, 2026, UK Database, an organization dedicated to tracking predators in Britain, announced that O’Brien had been released from prison and was now living under a new name. On Facebook, commenters were shocked that O’Brien had been allowed to change his name despite his sex offense conviction.

“Why are we allowing the name change given the crimes,” one commenter asked. “To protect the criminal instead of the previous victims and no doubt future ones,” she suggested. “And then they can start fresh in a new job… justice system my arse,” another commenter suggested. One woman said that she had previously known O’Brien, and the fact that she and him were “in the same room” together made her feel ill.

Despite the severity of his crimes, police have not announced O’Brien’s new identity. Unlike in the United States, there is no widespread legal obligation for the police to release the current identities of convicted sex offenders in the UK unless the parent of a victim inquires, or a child will come into immediate contact with the pedophile. Because the sex offender registry is not public information in the UK, this can sometimes allow pedophiles to more easily hide their past crimes.

This will be the third name that O’Brien has used, as he has a previous history of sex work under the name Morgan Naomi Clarke. On past social media profiles, O’Brien shared photos of himself in women’s lingerie, sometimes even dressing himself up in a “schoolgirl” aesthetic. The images were tagged with terms such as “ddlgprincess,” referring to “Daddy-Dom Little Girl,” an incestuous fetish, and others related to the “ageplay” community, used to connote adults who have sexual interest in pretending to be children during sex.

Prior to his sex offense conviction, O’Brien had been positively profiled by multiple media outlets for his transgender identity.

In 2015, both The Sun and StoryTrender covered O’Brien in the context of his desire to be a transgender beauty pageant winner.

“I’ve always thought of myself as a girl since before I can remember, but I always tried to butch myself up as I believed it was wrong to feel this way,” O’Brien said during an interview on his ambitions.

“It wasn’t until my late teens that I had the opportunity to dress as a girl as often as possible. When I did this I felt more confident and happy, I felt like the person I always wanted to be. It wasn’t until I was 21 that I realised I could live fulfilled this way and gained the bravery to change my body and my life.”

The Sun referred to O’Brien as a “sexy blonde,” and praised him for his work as a “camgirl” and aspiration to be a “female” model.

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