Cross-dressing drug dealer spared jail to facilitate sex change

A cross-dressing drug dealer has escaped jail after a judge ruled it would scupper his chances of completing a sex change. Tormented Ian Morris, 41, who has changed his name to Jean, is due to start hormone treatment next week after being trapped in a ”sexual nightmare” since childhood. He ended up in court after police intercepted nearly 2kg of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine which was sent to his flat.

But his lawyers pleaded with Judge Mark Horton to spare him a jail term because he is at a crucial stage in becoming a woman and would find it ”difficult” in a male prison. The judge agreed and suspended his 11 month jail term at Bristol Crown Court. He told Morris – who was referred to as ”Miss Morris” throughout the proceedings – said: ”I am in no doubt that you have led something of a nightmare existence as a transsexual for the entirety of your life.



”The result is you have walked something of a sexual tightrope, leading to an extremely sad and depressing existence. The reality is this is your final chance to change difficult areas of your sexuality. You have received Government funding and if I send you to prison I would be sentencing you to a continuation of your sexual nightmare, possibly forever.”

The judge told Morris he almost certainly faced prison if he committed a further offence. The 11 month jail term was suspended for two years. He ordered him to observe a six-month curfew, in which he must stay at home from 9pm to 5am. Speaking after the hearing Morris said he would ”just like to say thank you” to the judge.