{"id":99978,"date":"2023-10-17T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99978"},"modified":"2023-10-17T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:20:00","slug":"trans-woman-37-who-brutally-attacked-two-girlfriends-walks-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/trans-woman-37-who-brutally-attacked-two-girlfriends-walks-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans woman, 37, who brutally attacked two girlfriends walks free"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Transgender woman, 37, who appeared on Welsh TV documentary about her transition launched brutal attacks against two girlfriends but walks free as court is told she would be &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; in prison<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>April Welsh, 37 from Caerphilly, Wales, brutally beat two girlfriends in 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>She was spared prison after her lawyer said she would be &#8216;vulnerable in prison<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A transgender woman who appeared on a Welsh TV documentary about her transition has walked free despite launching brutal attacks against two girlfriends, after a court was told she would be &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; inside prison.<\/p>\n<p>April Welsh, 37, drunkenly throttled one partner and pushed her to the floor before punching and kicking her on\u00a0January 3, 2020, a court heard.<\/p>\n<p>The repeat domestic abuser from\u00a0Blackwood, Caerphilly then attacked a second girlfriend just weeks later &#8211; kicking her in the face after knocking her to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh had appeared on a TV programme about her transition in 2019 &#8211; and months later went on to attack the two women.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Roger Griffiths said the first attack happened after Welsh and her victim had been out together in Cardiff. But the defendant later became &#8216;rowdy&#8217; and &#8216;drunk&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/12\/76653545-12639445-Transgender_woman_April_Welsh_pictured_37_from_Blackwood_Caerphi-m-41_1697541065257.jpg\" height=\"778\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Transgender woman April Welsh (pictured), 37, from\u00a0Blackwood, Caerphilly, has walked free despite launching brutal attacks against two girlfriends, after a court was told she would be &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; inside prison<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/12\/76653547-12639445-image-a-39_1697540674499.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A court heard April Welsh (pictured) drunkenly throttled one partner and pushed her to the floor before punching and kicking her on January 3, 2020<\/p>\n<p>But after the pair after returning 20 miles to Blackwood, Welsh wanted to continue drinking in a pub &#8211; but her girlfriend of two years had work the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Griffiths said Welsh&#8217;s victim went home but was locked out. She then found Welsh drinking red wine in the town.<\/p>\n<p>When Welsh returned home at 2.15am she banged on the doors before &#8216;running towards&#8217; the victim in a rage.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;She rang the doorbell and the victim went to answer. When she opened the door, the defendant ran at her, put her hands around her neck putting her on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was then punched and kicked and was called a dirty s***. The victim was sat on the bed too scared to move.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was only when she heard the defendant snoring that she left and went to a friend&#8217;s address for help.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Welsh pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm for the attack in January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The the court heard she has a previous domestic violence conviction, against her new partner following this attack.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Baker, defending, said: &#8216;The injuries were not that bad although the incident must have been very unpleasant.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added that Welsh &#8216;expressed remorse having got involved in yet another incident&#8217; and said she would be &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; if sent to prison.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Hywel James told Welsh: &#8216;You had been drinking heavily and in fairness to your victim, she had sought to assist you during that day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve seen photographs of the injuries sustained and they show cuts, bruises and a swollen ear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have taken into account that two months after this you were involved in a similar incident with a new partner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That is a matter which has been dealt with but it shows a pattern of offending.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Welsh was hand a sentence of 21 weeks suspended for 12 months, meaning she will not go to prison unless she breaks the law again in that time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/12\/76654611-12639445-image-a-42_1697541486072.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Welsh came out as transgender in 2014 but suffered adverse effects from having female hormones pumped into her body and ended up in hospital for more than two weeks in 2016 after suffering seizures<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/12\/76654017-12639445-image-a-40_1697540728349.jpg\" height=\"635\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Welsh (pictured) was hand a sentence of 21 weeks suspended for 12 months, meaning she will not go to prison unless she breaks the law again in that time<\/p>\n<p>Welsh previously told how she had hidden the fact she was a female for more than 20 years after being brought up as a boy.<\/p>\n<p>April, who has two children, told the story of her transition to S4C programme Merch Fel Fi in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;From the age of four or five I would lock myself in the bathroom and dress female, I just had this constant urge to be myself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As clich\u00e9 as it sounds I thought it was just me, I didn&#8217;t know who to talk to or who to explain it to. I had never heard anything about being transgender.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t want it to be revealed. I thought I would go to prison, I thought I could be rejected by my family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I played football and rugby at a young age but it didn&#8217;t last very long. As soon as I started getting involved in something I would retreat as I thought they would know. To go in a locker room &#8211; it was horrendous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She came out as transgender in 2014 but suffered adverse effects from having female hormones pumped into her body and ended up in hospital for more than two weeks in 2016 after suffering seizures.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;I thought I was going to die. It was meant to be the key moment of my life but it almost killed me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12639445\/Transgender-woman-37-appeared-Welsh-TV-documentary-transition-launched-brutal-attacks-against-two-girlfriends-walks-free-court-told-vulnerable-prison.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender woman, 37, who appeared on Welsh TV documentary about her transition launched brutal attacks against two girlfriends but walks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trans woman, 37, who brutally attacked two girlfriends walks free - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/trans-woman-37-who-brutally-attacked-two-girlfriends-walks-free\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trans woman, 37, who brutally attacked two girlfriends walks free - 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