Estranged wife of transgender rapist Isla Bryson warns he 'will never stop' trends now

The estranged wife of Isla Bryson, previously known as Adam Graham, today mocked the transgender rapist's decision to become a woman as ‘a sham’ to seek attention - and receive an easier time in jail.

Shonna Graham, who married evil Bryson when the rapist was a man before going on to attack two women, says she believes the transition is an act to make a mockery of the justice system – and to be placed in a women’s prison.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline Shonna, 31, said: ‘Never once did he say anything to me about feeling he was in the wrong body or anything. I have a lot of sympathy for real transgender people, it’s a hard thing to live with, but he’s just Bullsh*****g the authorities.      

She said: ‘His gender transition is a sham for attention and an easier life in prison. When I saw the photos of him dressed as a woman with a blonde wig and pink lycra leggings, I fell out of bed laughing.

‘I can see why he doesn’t want to be in a prison with loads of big scary men, so he’s come up with this ploy to get himself a much easier sentence.

‘But sending him to a women’s prison is outrageous – will one of the vulnerable women inmates be the next victim to be attacked by him? He won’t stop, it’s in his nature.‘

‘I have been trying to divorce him for seven years, but I haven’t been able to find him to serve the papers. He’s a monster and I hope they throw away the key.’

Bryson began transitioning in 2020 when facing trial for the rape of two women. The case has highlighted the controversy over Nicola Sturgeon's Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (GRR), which would allow anyone over 16 to 'self-identify' as the opposite sex without needing medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.

Shonna told the Mail how she endured a year of ‘controlling’ behaviour at the hands of Bryson, then Graham, during which time the abusive partner allegedly stabbed her in the hip with a knife and 'tried to rape her.'

Shonna met the shaven-headed brute with a Mike Tyson-style face tattoo - then called Adam Graham - on internet dating app Badoo in 2015 and at first found her new partner ‘caring and fun to be with’.

But after Bryson moved into her flat in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, she soon saw a different side.

‘He was obsessed with controlling every aspect of my life,’ she recalled. ‘Even if I spoke to an elderly male neighbour, he’d be on my case accusing me of chatting him up.

‘He pushed me around and knew I was vulnerable because I’d been in an abusive relationship before. Looking back, he probably targeted me for that reason.

‘One night we had a row and I went into the bedroom while he watched TV in the living room. Suddenly he burst in with a pink-handled kitchen knife in his hand and demanded sex.