Paris Green was sentenced to life in 2013 for battering Robert Shankland to death
Transgender killer Paris Green is to request sex-change surgery on the NHS while serving life for murder.
Green was born Peter Laing but identified as female for some time before starting to take hormones in 2011. She remains in a women’s unit at HMP Edinburgh, where she has been for several years. “I’d be able to come out of prison with my past completely behind me, which gives the best chance of succeeding outside.”
However, Green praised the SPS for its support, adding that most of the staff treated her with respect. Asked why she had taken part in such a callous crime, she said: “It was inexcusable – all I can say is I had a really awful childhood and was totally messed up.
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