Tiffany Scott

Tiffany Louise Scott (born Andrew Burns, media have described Scott as one of Scotland's most dangerous prisoners. In 2013, Scott admitted to stalking a 13-year-old girl while serving time in prison in 2011, and was sentenced to fourteen months in prison, but handed an Order for Lifelong Restriction, meaning release from prison would not be considered until there was no longer an "unmanageable risk to public safety". Scott had begun her social transition by 2016, but according to a 2023 article in The Telegraph, had not begun to medically transition. In October 2023, Scott was convicted of assaults against four prison officers that had occurred during incidents at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and HMP Low Moss during 2021, and sentenced to two years in prison. The trial had to be moved partway through proceedings to accommodate an increase in security personnel. The Telegraph reported that a previous application to be transferred had been rejected, and that Scott had successfully reapplied to be moved to a women's prison. New guidelines were subsequently introduced requiring transgender offenders convicted of violent offences against women to be housed in men's prisons. These became effective from 26 February 2024.

Death On the evening of 28 February 2024, Scott, who was being held at HMP Grampian, was taken to hospital after becoming unwell and died at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary the following day. The Scottish Prison Service confirmed that a report had been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal and that a Fatal Accident Inquiry would be held in due course.

Subsequent events On 20 November 2024, the author J. K. Rowling criticised Edinburgh City Council, and accused it of honouring Scott's death, after it flew the transgender flag above the City Chambers to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, and included Scott's name as the only Scottish entry on a list of deceased transgender people. A spokesman responded that the flag had been flown annually since 2019 but made no comment about the inclusion of Scott's name.