A biological man claiming to be 'transgender' so as to gain access to and prey on women at two Toronto shelters was jailed "indefinitely" last week after being declared by a judge a "dangerous offender."
Pro-family leaders are pointing out that this is exactly the type of incident they warned of as the Ontario government passed its "gender identity" bill, dubbed the "bathroom bill," in 2012.
Christopher Hambrook, 37, leaned on the ever expanding legal "rights" offered to people who "identify" with the sex opposite their biology. Under the name "Jessica," he was able to get into the women's shelters, where he sexually assaulted several women in 2012, the Toronto Sun reports.
Court heard how one woman awoke to find Hambrook assaulting her on her bed. "Her tights had been pulled down past her bottom and her bathing suit had been pulled to the side," court documents reveal. "She yelled at the accused, demanding to know what he was doing. He simply covered his face with his hands, said 'Oops!' and started giggling."
Court also heard evidence of Hambrook terrorizing a deaf woman living in the shelter. "The accused grabbed the complainant's hand and forcibly placed it on his crotch area while his penis was erect," court heard.
The same deaf women reported that Hambrook would peer at her through a gap between the door and its frame while she showered.
Justice John McMahon imposed the "indefinite" prison sentence due to Hambrook's long history of committing sex crimes.
Hambrook was a former stripper and escort from Quebec before moving to Toronto in 2009 and posing as a woman. While in Montreal he served four years in jail for a 2002 sexual assault of a five-year-old girl who was a family friend and for raping a mentally challenged 27-year-old woman while on bail for the first crime, reports the Toronto Sun.
The prosecution successfully convinced the judge that Hambrook's out-of-control sexual urges put the public at great risk and that an indefinite jail sentence was the only way to protect the public.
"I am satisfied there is no reasonable expectation that a lesser measure would adequately protect the public from Christopher Hambrook," said Judge McMahon.
Ontario amended its Human Rights Code to make "gender identity" and "gender expression" prohibited grounds for discrimination in 2012. The bill's sponsors said at the time that the so-called "Toby's Law" would open the door to "social change" in Canada.
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