A prisoner serving a life sentence for a brutal murder is to have a sex-change operation costing the taxpayer £20,000. Paris Green was born Peter Laing but has identified as female since 2011. Green will be transported hundreds of miles from her cell to a hospital in England under constant guard. Last night, Mr Shankland’s sister, Pauline Bell, 46, said: ‘She should not be getting the operation on the NHS. She shouldn’t get the operation, especially when so many people need vital treatment on the NHS – and they’re not getting it.

Source: Daily Mail June 09, 2018 21:03 UTC