Summary of complaint
Weâve received complaints from readers unhappy about our description of one of the defendants in a court case as a woman in our article 'Predatory' woman who incited man to abuse child, 4, jailed.
Our response
We reported on the sentencing at Manchester Crown Court of 31-year-old Naomi OâBrien for five offences connected to child sex abuse. ÌęShe was described by a police detective inspector as a âpredatory womanâ and we reported this. Ìę
Some readers objected to us describing her as a woman, maintaining she was transgender and had previously been a man. ÌęÌę
Our reporting was based on the court proceedings and on a press release issued by Greater Manchester Police in which they describe Naomi OâBrien as a female. They told us that âshe identifies as a womanâ. They used female pronouns in their press release and we reported accordingly. Ìę
We are aware of the sensitivities around use of pronouns however ±«Óătv News editorial practice is to refer to trans people as they refer to themselves. In our reporting we use the term and the pronoun used by the person in question, as we did here.