Mick Hartley

From the Mail:

A transgender charity shop worker allegedly exposed 'her penis' to two 11-year-old girls as they walked past the window of her home.

Samantha Norris, who is transitioning from a man to a woman, is accused of 'glorying' her nudity in front of the girls on two occasions in July, last year.

Well, claims to be transitioning from a man to a woman. He can claim to be the second coming of Christ, but that doesn't mean we have to take him seriously and refer to him as "the Messiah" in court.

The 56-year-old, who says she is a 'naturist' who enjoys being naked in her own home, is accused of 'manipulating' her genitals in full view of the girls two days in a row.

On one occasion the defendant, who appeared at Southampton Crown Court today wearing a half-pink half-leopard-print top, is accused of pulling down her trousers in front of the pair and was allegedly still naked when they walked past again two hours later.

Norris, of Hampshire, has been charged with indecent exposure and engaging in sexual activity in front of the girls, all of which she denies…

Speaking to the jury of eight women and four men on Monday, judge Christopher Parker KC, said: 'Samantha Norris is in the course of gender transition at the moment and prefers to be referred to as she.'

Charles Gabb, prosecuting, told the jury that Norris, who worked at a Sue Ryder charity shop, was naked by the window of her home when she was seen by the two girls on two days in a row.

He said: 'The defendant, Miss Norris, now transitioning, she has a penis, was standing there fully naked, on the first day almost glorifying in that nudity over quite a period of time knowing the girls were there and drawing attention to herself.

'And the next day when she saw them again and she was naked, glorying in her nudity, almost posturing, definitely manipulating her penis with these two young girls being able to see all this….

In a recorded police interview, one of the girls said that she and the other girl had seen the defendant through his window as she pulled down her trousers and added that she was still naked two hours later.

She said: 'He looked naked from where he stood in the window. He was still looking out the window two hours later.'…

She added: 'He had his penis in his hand and was throwing it around, I just walked away because I didn't want to see it, to be honest. It was like he was trying to make us watch.'

The girls know perfectly well that he's a man, and have no problem talking about "he" and "his". The Mail, on the other hand, and the adult court officials, are determined not to misgender. Out of the mouths of babes…

I've featured the lovely Samantha before, when he first appeared in court back in the summer. Reports in three local papers made no mention even that he was trans, simply referring to a "woman who has been accused of indecent exposure". Though we did learn that he was "charged with three counts of making indecent pictures of a child, possession of a prohibited image of a child, possession of extreme pornographic image and two counts of exposure". Perhaps worth a mention…