Transgender paedophile in women's prison: the Hilary Maloney case

A father who was convicted of sexually abusing his own five-year-old daughter was given a minimum prison term of just two and a half years because a judge found he was in the process of transitioning to a woman, and that reduced his moral culpability. 

A father who was convicted of sexually abusing his own five-year-old daughter was given a minimum prison term of just two and a half years because a judge found he was in the process of transitioning to a woman, and that reduced his moral culpability. Now, the offender’s serving the sentence in a women’s prison.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

A father who was convicted of sexually abusing his own five-year-old daughter was given a minimum prison term of just two and a half years because a judge found he was in the process of transitioning to a woman, and that reduced his moral culpability. Now, the offender&rsquo;s serving the sentence in a women&rsquo;s prison.
View an edited transcript of this episode, plus photos, videos and additional reporting, on the<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/"> website</a> or on The Australian&rsquo;s app.
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.&nbsp;

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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories.

The Front

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.

To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia&rsquo;s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day&rsquo;s essential page one stories, journalists&rsquo; candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.
To find out more about The Front you can link <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-front/podcast/7e7d42e8c77b597cf8532d2e0c847e10">here</a> and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/">here</a> or search for The Australian in your app store.

A dad molested his daughter. Now he’s in a women’s prison

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