A serial sexual predator has been sentenced to 144 days in prison after sexually assaulting women who were volunteering at a church food bank. Graeme Beck, 53, had also entered a plea of not guilty on a charge of repeatedly assaulting a young girl, which prosecutors accepted.
Beck began to identify as a “woman” after serving a prison sentence in 2008 for attempted sexual assault. He now goes by the name “Jane” and uses “she/her” pronouns. In February, Beck pled guilty to two counts of sexual assault related to having groped two women who were volunteering in a church food bank. He also admitted to one count of offending public decency during a video call after he exposed his penis in front of coworkers during work Zoom meetings.
According to the Scottish Sun, the transgender predator returned to Stranraer Sheriff Court for sentencing in early April where Sheriff Anthony McGlennan handed him his sentence.
McGlennan referred to Beck’s violent attempted rape from 2008 when determining a sentence for his recent offense, telling the predator: “To deter you from further offending only imprisonment is appropriate.”
Beck was given 144 days in prison and was also handed a non-harassment order. He is also forbidden from approaching his victims for three years. Beck has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for the second time.
The assaults occurred between 2021 and 2022 at a drop-in center for vulnerable adults. Stranraer Baptist Church is home to the Fed Up Community Cafe, where adults dealing with alcohol, drug, or financial-related problems can access resources and get a hot meal. Beck had been working in the kitchen of the church at the time, along with the two female victims.
During the hearings in February, the court heard that Beck had previously accessed in the Community Cafe as a user of its services.
One of his victims reported that he was “nice to her at the beginning,” before assaulting her. In one instance, Beck allegedly grabbed the woman’s left arm to place her hand on his shoulder and grabbed her right hand to place it on his own waist. When questioned as to what he was doing, Beck answered “just a wee bit of Strictly,” referencing a popular dance TV show Strictly Come Dancing in Scotland.
On other occasions, Beck would walk behind her and completely slide against her body in a deliberate, sexually motivated manner. The aggressive, repetitive physical contact caused fear in the victim.
Another victim described Beck as a “vibrant” person who would sing and dance in the kitchen. During a hug, Beck put his hands down the victim’s back and touched her behind. The complainant noted to Beck that this was sexual harassment, moving away and nervously laughing, at which he laughed in return.
The complainant went on to report the incident to police. Beck was arrested in July 2022.
Beck was also convicted in relation to incidents in which he exposed his penis during Zoom calls with co-workers. Between October and December of 2021, Beck worked as a sales representative for Avon, a cosmetics and skincare company.
Beck’s involvement with Avon included weekly conference calls with other women and sales representatives across the UK. The accused appeared on camera for the calls from his home in Stranraer. Between October and December 2021, Beck appeared on the business calls in “a loosely tied dressing gown” and wore nothing underneath.
On more than one occasion, Beck was warned about his attire. There were at least two instances of Beck exposing his penis on the call to other members, due to his camera “slipping.”
During his February hearing, Beck pleaded guilty to both the charges related to his work at the church food bank, and his indecent exposures towards his colleagues. Beck had also been accused of repeatedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl, but had entered a plea of not guilty in February, which prosecutors accepted.
Beck was referred to with “she/her” pronouns in court.
Beck is originally from Leeds, West Yorkshire and is a father of two. In 2008, he was jailed for 2 years after attempting to rape a vulnerable woman. He met his victim through volunteer work with a Christian organization in the community. At the time, Beck did not identify as transgender.
In an August 2008 hearing on that case, the victim told the court that she suffered a “premeditated, sustained, and violent attack” that took place in her own bed while her children were home sleeping.
The woman reluctantly allowed Beck to sleep on a couch in her home after he “manipulated the situation,” telling her someone else was sleeping in his flat and he needed a place to stay. She explained that prior to that night, she was always in the company of other friends when Beck was around, and they were all engaged in voluntary work through a Christian forum in Stevenson. Beck would travel from Leeds to participate.
Beck pled guilty to the sexual assault of the woman, who feared for her life during the attack. She said she had to “fight for her life” to get him off her and that he held his hand over her throat after he removed her clothes in her sleep and began to assault her. She described how she thought she would never see her children again and feared Beck may have killed her.
“I’ve been through hell. He is evil and I believe he will strike again,” the victim stated at the time. For this vile act, Beck was placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years. His name would have been removed in 2008.
Sometime after his release from prison, Beck began identifying as a “transgender woman.”
In February of this year, Scotland found itself at the center of an international outcry surrounding the placement of transgender offenders. The debate flared up after it was learned a male double-rapist had been placed in a women’s prison ahead of his sentencing.
News of the placement resulted in global outcry, and the rapist was removed from the female estate after Scotland’s then-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon agreed that he should not be held in the female estate. An urgent review was launched, and it was decided that transgender convicts would first be sent to the institution matching their birth sex before additional reviews are conducted and a decision is made on where to house them.
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