GETTY Jessica Winfield was relocated to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford

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Jessica Winfield, formerly known as Martin Ponting, was relocated to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford. The convicted rapist was previously held at top-security Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire, one of Britain's toughest jails. Ten years ago Winfield complained of being victimised by staff and inmates being at that time a male transsexual.

Winfield wrote to prisoners' newspaper Inside Time to complain about being given a "hard time because of my sexuality, possibly through lack of understanding and empathy". One of Ponting's victims described the fact he was allowed a sex change as "diabolical". She told the newspaper: "There are not enough words to describe him and the evil he has done.

PA The convicted rapist was previously held in Whitemoor prison

"It is diabolical they have allowed him to have a sex change and diabolical that he could be freed this year. "He may have changed physically but his brain is still the same." A Prison Service spokesman said: "We do not comment on individuals."

PA Winfield was relocated to HMP Bronzefield in Ashford

John Pilley, also known as Jane Anne, made legal history in 1999 when he became the first inmate in England and Wales to be granted permission for a sex change operation. Pilley was serving life for attempted murder and kidnapping a woman taxi driver.

GETTY John Pilley became the first inmate in England and Wale to be granted permission for a sex change