Violent Criminal who Tortured His Step-mother’s Brother Recieves £10,000 Taxpayer Funded Sex Change in Prison
- Alan Baker is on vulnerable prisoner wing at Elmley jail calling himself Sarah
- 43-year-old will be moved to women’s prison once gender change complete
- Critics say expensive treatment on NHS should be based on medical need
- Baker serving indeterminate sentence after trying to kill alleged child rapist
Anthony Bond
Daily Mail
August 3, 2013
A violent prisoner has had a free sex change operation on the NHS which will cost taxpayers £10,000, it has emerged.
Alan Baker is now in the vulnerable prisoner wing at Elmley jail on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, calling himself Sarah.
Once the 43-year-old’s controversial gender change has been completed, he will be transferred to a women’s prison.
Baker, originally from Croydon, South London, was initially locked up for kidnapping and torturing his step-mother’s brother.
But after trying to kill an alleged child rapist behind bars in 1998 he is now serving an indeterminate sentence.
The cost of keeping the violin-playing thug in jail has already reached £1million.
He has previously boasted about having free food, healthcare and laundry as well as free access to an Open University course .
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Baker has complained about being a target for violence since announcing he is to become a woman, saying how he feels vulnerable.