Transgender man, 30, fined £200 for dipping prosthetic penis into pint glass

A transgender man was fined £200 and ordered to pay £400 in compensation after dunking his fake penis into a reveller’s pint glass during a night out in a pub, a court heard.

Jesse Hawthorne, from Caerphilly, has been asked to leave the Welsh bar after other drinkers were offended by his drunken prosthetic penis prank.

But Hawthorne, 30, went on a rampage and smashed a bottle by throwing it into a one-armed bandit machine, a court heard.

In 2015, Hawthorne became the first transgender person to be convicted of revenge porn after sharing a sexually explicit photo of an ex on Facebook, and he was also jailed in 2018 for violent assault.

Jesse Hawthorne, 30, was ticketed for criminal damages and public order offences (pictured in court at an earlier hearing)

Hawthorne dipped his fake penis into a customer’s drink at the Cwtch bar in Caerphilly (pictured)

He was arrested last year for criminal damages for the raid on the Cwtch pub in the historic town of Caerphilly, south Wales.

Prosecutor Miquelle Groves said: “The tavern was relatively quiet but there were customers around.

He entered the seating area and displayed a penile prosthesis.

The defendant placed the fake genitalia in someone’s drink.

‘CCTV showed that there was an element of distress caused to some customers and he was asked to leave the premises.

“The defendant became very aggressive and had a glass bottle which he threw towards the bandit completely smashing his screen into pieces.”

Handyman Hawthorne pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and one count of disorderly conduct in September of last year.

Hawthorne was previously jailed for attacking an ex-girlfriend’s new partner in 2018 and blamed being given “too much testosterone” when he transitioned.

Ed Mitchard, defending, told Newport magistrates, said: “This was a drunken prank which resulted in him being asked to leave the premises.”

“Most people laugh when it happened, but there were some people who were offended.

‘The defendant was then pushed by members of staff.’

Hawthorne claimed to have been pushed by members of staff in the pub where the incident occurred.

He was previously sent to prison for a violent assault on his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend.

Mitchard said Hawthorne “misuses alcohol” and has “experienced trauma in his life.”

The court was told Hawthorne had worked as a handyman but was currently claiming benefits.

Hawthorne was fined £120 for causing criminal damage and £80 for the public order offence. He was also subject to a 12-month community order for another offence.

He was ordered to pay the pub compensation of £400, as well as £85 for prosecution costs and a £80 victim surcharge.

In 2015, Hawthorne became the first transgender person to be convicted of revenge porn after posting a sexually explicit photo of his ex-girlfriend online.

Hawthorne, who was 23 at the time, admitted to revealing private sexual photographs and films with the intention of causing the woman distress when he appeared at Newport Magistrates Court, Gwent.

In 2018, he was jailed for two years and five months for attacking Army veteran Ashley Cook.

He assaulted the victim with a brick and a broken beer bottle after showing up drunk at his ex-girlfriend’s house.

Hawthorne lashed out because he couldn’t accept his ex-girlfriend Emma Dickenson’s new relationship with Army veteran Ashley Cook.

At the time, his defense attorney blamed an “inappropriate amount of testosterone at the time while he was transitioning” for causing the raging hormones.

Sarah Walters, defending herself, said Hawthorne had taken too much testosterone during the attack as part of her transition from being a woman.

Miss Walters said Hawthorne’s problems with his biological gender led him to abuse drink and drugs from an early age, and he stopped going to school because he was forced to wear a girl’s uniform.

Her honor judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said Hawthorne had experienced “difficulties” related to her gender, but said that could not excuse her behaviour.

The judge added: ‘I recognize the difficulties you have experienced in your life.

But that can’t excuse your actions that night. This was a very serious assault.