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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T21:22:21.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA trans woman from Cheshire has been sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment after admitting to stalking the gender reassignment surgeon who carried out the complex operation.\n\nVivienne Taylor, Wirral, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court this week, pleading guilty to stalking causing serious alarm or distress.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe victim, Dr Tina Rashid, had performed Taylor's surgery in 2021 at a facility in Putney, London.\n\nJudge Giles Curtis-Raleigh imposed the custodial sentence alongside an indefinite restraining order prohibiting Taylor from approaching Dr Rashid's residence and place of work.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTaylor was also ordered to pay a £187 victim surcharge.\n\nThe court heard Taylor's conduct spanned the period between September 2024 and November 2025, affecting every aspect of the surgeon's professional and personal life.\n\nThe harassment campaign included a barrage of unwanted emails, repeated unannounced appearances at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and attempts to connect with Dr Rashid via LinkedIn.\n\nProsecutor Jonathan Bryan told the court Taylor had falsely claimed to have appointments with the surgeon on multiple occasions.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe stalking culminated in a chilling message sent on November 2, in which Taylor wrote: \"I am going to find you and your partner and when I do I will hold both of you to account.\"\n\nShe continued: \"I am going to batter both of you evil c**** and make you suffer.\"\n\nThe email also contained a threat of sexual violence against Dr Rashid's partner.\n\nEven after her arrest, Taylor attempted to send letters to the surgeon from custody.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Vulnerable foster children placed with transgender serial killer in Australia\n  * Fiery row erupts on GB News over whether Labour could haemorrhage MPs to the Greens\n  * Plans to recruit 262 children for puberty blocker trial put on hold after High Court challenge\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDr Rashid's victim impact statement, read to the court, revealed the profound toll the harassment had taken on her daily existence.\n\n\"I have had to change my behaviour and carry a personal safety alarm,\" she told the court.\n\nThe surgeon described experiencing \"anxiety most nights\" and explained she had resorted to taking expensive Uber journeys to work rather than risk encountering her stalker.\n\nShe began wearing caps to avoid being recognised and frequently stayed late at the office.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"I have considered very carefully whether I was in a fit state to operate safely and if I would have to wake that patient up before their surgery,\" Dr Rashid said.\n\nThe mother expressed particular concern for her young children's welfare.\n\n\"I have young children living with me and I also fear for their safety,\" she added.\n\nThe court heard Taylor's obsession with Dr Rashid began shortly after her 2021 operation, after bringing the surgeon a cake and storing numerous photographs of a mobile phone.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTaylor was subsequently sectioned under the Mental Health Act.\n\nTaylor later returned to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with what the prosecution described as \"self-inflicted complications\", demanding treatment from Dr Rashid and threatening suicide if refused.\n\nJudge Curtis-Raleigh observed Taylor had developed a \"fixation\" on the surgeon despite their relationship being purely professional.\n\nThe judge noted Taylor's attempts to contact Dr Rashid whilst in custody demonstrated \"limited and fluctuating insight\" into the harm caused.\n\n\"Dr Rashid has clearly been affected, in my judgement, in every aspect of her life,\" he said.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Trans woman who threatened to batter surgeon who carried out gender reassignment jailed"
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