Rebecca Maund left her victim ‘shocked and upset’ (Picture: Wales News Service)

A woman who asked to touch a transgender woman’s breasts has been convicted of a sex offence.

Rebecca Maund, 31, lifted up the woman’s skirt before trapping her in a bearhug.

A court heard the transgender woman – who cannot be named – was left was left ‘shocked and upset’ by the assault.

Prosecutor Ed Marsh said: ‘The assault was based on the victim’s transgender identity.


‘It’s effectively treating someone as someone you can sexually assault because they are transgender.’

He said Maund stopped the woman near a row of gay bars during the Gay Pride weekend in Cardiff city centre and made comments about her.

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The woman said Maund then put her in a hug – and refused to let go while asking if she could squeeze her breasts.



Cardiff Magistrates Court was read a statement from the victim, who said she now feels like she can’t be alone in public after the grope attack in August.

She said: ‘Maund was hugging me and making sexual comments.

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‘The whole incident shocked and upset me. I’ve struggled to come to terms about what happened to me.

‘I’m really concerned about what happened to me and I’m frightened to be in town. I was just walking through on my own.

‘It’s made me realise just how vulnerable I am. It was frightening to know I wasn’t strong enough to push her off.’

Maund pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault – but claimed her actions were a ‘joke’ and ‘bravado’.

The magistrate chairman said Maund, from Barrack Lane, Cardiff, would be sentenced following a probation report.

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