Despite Nicola Sturgeon’s fierce pushing of the transgender agenda and insistence that anyone self-identifying as a woman should be referred to as a woman, the Scottish police charged the butcher who abducted an 11-year-old girl under his real name – Andrew George Miller. What’s the betting the press will now be focusing on this ‘violation’ of trans rights rather than the fact he kept a child prisoner for more than 24 hours?
Police say a transgender butcher charged in Scotland over an 11-year-old schoolgirl’s disappearance is a man – in a move at odds with Nicola Sturgeon’s gender self-ID drive.
Police Scotland said this morning Andrew George Miller, 53, has now been charged after the child was found safe and well at a house near Galashiels last Monday night.
Miller’s now-closed butcher’s shop, Millers of Melrose, featured in one of JK Rowling’s Strike novels and at one point the relevant passage was displayed in the window. The Harry Potter author has been fiercely critical of the Scottish First Minister’s crusade to make it easier to change gender.
The police declaration that Miller is a man seems at odds with Ms Sturgeon, who has repeatedly referred to biologically male criminals by their chosen female Ms. Sturgeon has come under sustained pressure over her Gender Recognition Reform Bill over fears it could make it easier for predatory men to pose as women.
She has faced a maelstrom of criticism in the wake of the Isla Bryson scandal which saw a rapist who attacked two women self-identify as a female in an apparent bid for easier jail time.
As is customary in Scottish law, it is not specified what offence or offences Miller has been charged with by police.
Under his male identity, Miller appeared to be very interested in Ms Sturgeon’s new law, posting online in January this year: ‘Silly billies in Westminster – Never mess with Scottish Transgender Issues.’
A team of forensic officers have been seen at Miller’s home in the village of Gattonside.
It is three miles from where the primary pupil was last spotted before she went missing.
A neighbour said: ‘A man was seen being put into the back of the police vehicle. It’s a really affluent area and is extremely quiet so this has all come as a bit of a shock. The person who lives there used to run the butcher shop in Melrose. They use a woman’s name now but were previously known as Andrew and are very well-known in the community.’
The 53-year-old arrested over the disappearance was identified as a man in the police’s publicity yesterday.
A force statement said: ‘A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl from Galashiels, who was reported missing on Sunday, February 5. The girl was traced at a property in the Galashiels area at about 9.30pm on Monday, February 6. Inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.’
Police who had been looking for her were joined by volunteers, Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team and the Borders Search and Rescue Unit, while a helicopter scoured the area.
Specialist water search teams trawled the River Tweed in the hunt for clues, while members of the public were urged to check their outbuildings and sheds for any sign of the missing youngster. Speaking at a press conference outside Galashiels police station on Monday, area commander Chief Superintendent Catriona Paton issued a plea for information.
Police publicly announced that the girl had been discovered ‘safe and well’ and thanked everyone who helped with the search.
Jacqui Deevoy has been a full time freelance journalist for more than three decades. Over the last few years, she’s lost faith in the MSM and now prefers to work for news outlets that deal in truth, not lies.
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