JK Rowling gloats at virtue-signalling paedophile who slated her for her transgender views - as he is jailed for 24 years for raping 'vulnerable' boy, 12

Daily Mail​

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A gloating JK Rowling has revealed how a virtue-signalling paedophile harassed her over her transgender views - before he was jailed for 24 years for raping a 12-year-old boy.
The 59-year-old Harry Potter author lashed out online after perverted social media troll Stephen Ireland was sent to prison for his depraved abuse of the 'vulnerable' schoolboy.
Ireland, 42, who co-founded Pride in Surrey in 2018, raped the youngster after luring him to the flat he shared with co-defendant David Sutton and plying him with drugs.
The sex predator had arranged to meet the boy, referred to in court as Child A, after linking with him on homosexual dating app, Grindr in April 2024.
But four years before Ireland went on to molest the boy, he had been vitriolically abusing Rowling online for her gender-critical views.
In a post aimed at the multi-millionaire, Ireland raged: 'How to ruin a legacy... become a TERF! Very disappointing JK!
'What happens when women enter menopause? What about women who had hysterectomies? Women who don't menstruate because of hormonal issues? Are they not women? Nothing YOU say stops Trans Women from being Women.'
Now, after Ireland was jailed alongside Sutton, 27 - who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years - Rowling wrote: 'Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape.'
Pictured is Ireland's post on X directed at JK Rowling for her views on transgender women
Ireland was sentenced to 24 years in prison, not 30, as Rowling had claimed in her post on X.
Guildford Crown Court heard the boy, who had been reported missing at the time of his rape, told police he had sex with Ireland in his flat.
The victim said they also smoked a bong which was later found to have contained methamphetamine, and that pornography was played on a laptop.
Judge Patricia Lees, sentencing at Guildford Crown Court on Monday, told the hearing Ireland 'took advantage' of a vulnerable child.
She said: 'Stephen Ireland is a man who prided himself on being versed in and highly alive to the vulnerabilities of young people linked to the Surrey Pride organisation he was at the time pivotal to.
'A was quite obviously to any adult an extremely vulnerable child who was highly sexualised.
'Any responsible adult would have quickly appreciated that there was a high likelihood A is a young man who had been the subject of sexual grooming by adult men at a very early age and been concerned for him instead of taking advantage of him.'
The court heard the boy had initially told Ireland he was aged 17 - but when he later claimed to be aged 13, Ireland replied: 'OK - we just have to keep it a secret.'
'Your response was telling,' Judge Lees told Ireland, who sat in the dock dressed in a large red T-shirt and showed no emotions throughout the hearing.
'Far from finding that repugnant, you found that exciting, and sought to do it again.'
In a Telegram chat that took place after their encounter, Ireland sent Child A a message in which he described his age as 'naughty and kinky', the court heard.
On the same day, Ireland asked the boy if he would have a threesome and sent the child pictures of himself and Sutton.
Jurors heard that Ireland sent a picture of Child A to Sutton, describing him as a '14-year-old baby' who 'wants to play with men's bodies', and the pair exchanged messages about the child.
Ireland along with Sutton, who was a volunteer for Surrey Pride, were found guilty of a string of sexual offences against children including voyeurism, arranging commission of a child sex offence, and possession of prohibited images of children, after a trial at Guildford Crown Court earlier this year.
Rowling added Ireland was not the only sex offender to now find themselves behind bars after berating her online for her trans-critical views
'[Sutton] follows in the footsteps of trans-identified man Lexi Secker, who also sent me reams of abuse on here, especially for my belief that women should have single-sex spaces and rape crisis centres. Mr Secker has since been sentenced to six and a half years in jail for rape,' she wrote on social media last night.
Secker was obsessed with the Harry Potter creator and slammed other women - including MP Rosie Duffield - who have spoken out on trans issues.
The father-of-two, whose birth name was Alexander, lashed out on social media attacking the high-profile figures who have waded into the trans row.
Despite being one of the world's most successful authors, she said Rowling was a 'shallow, insecure pleb who mistook success for intelligence'.
Despite being one of the world's most successful authors, she said Rowling was a 'shallow, insecure pleb who mistook success for intelligence'
Rowling had followed the case and wrote about it afterwards on X
She accused the author, who has repeatedly stood up for women's rights, of 'pushing her hate too far' by condemning Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre's policy of allowing men to identify as women.
The abuse took place throughout much of 2024 - a year after Seckler had raped a woman in Blunsdon, Wiltshire, while identifying as a man.
After the attack on April 23 2023, she started identifying as a woman and was even referred to in court as 'she' when she was caged last September.
The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, read out a victim impact statement in court where she said she had been left traumatised and feels ongoing 'unbearable anxiety, shame and fear.'
The woman referred to her attacker in court as 'Alex' while the prosecutor and defence lawyers addressed her as 'Ms Secker' during the trial.
A mug shot issued by police showed Secker with a full beard. Later pictures from social media sites revealed Secker to be clean shaven and her hair styled.
Sending Secker to a male prison the judge accepted it would be difficult but told her 'You now identify as a woman and are attracted to men. At the time of this offence, you were a man.
'You identified as a man and you were, on the evidence, clearly attracted to women.'
Rowling had followed the case and at its conclusion wrote on X: 'The important thing to remember is, he's a total one off*, none of the other men arguing against women-only spaces are predators** and we won't find out down the line there are more rapists hiding in plain sight.***
'*He really isn't.
'**They totally are.
'***We definitely will.'