A woman who brutally murdered a grandmother is living as a trans man in a women-only jail.
Nicolle Earley was jailed in 2010 for the brutal murder of pensioner Ann Gray in her home in Crosshill, Fife, in November 2008.
Now, a source has said Earley is living as a man, and is identifying by using the name “Kobi”.
Earley was recently accused of grabbing a female officer by the hair and punching her in the face and has been convicted of multiple crimes while inside.
Nicolle Earley was jailed in 2010
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It comes as the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is under pressure due to the gender concerns relating to male-to female trans prisoners like Isla Bryson and Tiffany Scott in recent months.
A source told the Daily Record: “This case is extraordinary because we have a very violent woman who now identifies as a man. The SPS is in a quandary as to where to house him, as there would be clear risks in putting such a person straight into the male prison estate.
“The situation now is that Earley is in the admissions hall, which is very unusual, and there have been multiple instances of him being accused of harassing and intimidating women who have been newly admitted to HMP Stirling.
“Earley was also very recently accused of attacking an officer who found him in a restricted area and ordered him to come out. The officer said he grabbed her hair and punched her and left her very shaken.”
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Earley became one of Scotland’s youngest female killers when aged 16 she murdered 63-year-old Ann Gray in her home in 2008
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The source continued: “Earley’s case is very different to that of Isla Bryson and others who were seen as chancers who sought to improve their jail experience by changing gender.
“Staff have felt he has genuinely felt himself to be male and has been identifying as such for several years, before the latest trans stuff became global news. The problem is that the SPS does not have accommodation that would tick all the boxes for such a difficult prisoner.”
A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson told GB News: “We don’t comment on individuals.”
Earley killed family friend Ann Gray in her own home in Methil, Fife in 2008 after a row over £5 and cigarettes. The 63-year-old died as a result of a head injury after she was knocked to the ground and repeatedly stamped on.
The grandmother also suffered a fractured jaw and broken cheekbone along with a fractured bone in her upper neck. Earley, of Methil, Fife, was jailed for life in 2010 and was ordered to serve a minimum of 14 years in prison.
In 2013 Earley was given an additional 18 month sentence after she sent letters from her cell covered in blood and scrawled with swastikas.
She threatened to kill and cannibalise a local solicitor and send his face to a mask factory, adding that Sheriff Robertson ‘could join him.’
A section of the letters read: “Do you have fears of getting tortured or having your family members taken away? That’s what will happen. Are you a fan of Hannibal? I will rip you apart and eat you.”
She also praised serial killer and cult leader Charles Manson and called Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik a “legend.”