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Sex offender who ‘destroyed’ child’s life claims jury was hypnotised to convict her

2025-11-29 17:26
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Sex offender who ‘destroyed’ child’s life claims jury was hypnotised to convict her

Natalie Wolf was accused of 'lying through her teeth'.

Sex offender who ‘destroyed’ child’s life claims jury was hypnotised to convict her Ryan Prosser Ryan Prosser Published November 29, 2025 5:26pm Updated November 29, 2025 5:27pm Share this article via whatsappShare this article via xCopy the link to this article.Link is copiedShare this article via facebook Comment now Comments Natalie Wolf has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for assaulting a child (Picture: North News and Pictures)

A sex offender who assaulted a child was accused of ‘lying through her teeth’ as she was sentenced to jail.

Natalie Wolf, 47, claimed that both the police and the jury were under the influence of hypnosis.

Her conspiracy theories were rejected by a judge at Newcastle Crown Court, who said Wolf had falsely portrayed herself as a victim.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said in a statement read out in court that Wolf ‘destroyed’ her childhood and that she was still ‘lying through her teeth’.

Dated: 28/11/2025 File picture dated 19/01/2024 Natalie Wolf, previously known as Ryan Haley, who has been jailed for three and a half years at Newcastle Crown Court after sexually assaulting a child before changing his name to "Natalie" and dressing as a woman. See story North News Wolf accused the victim of telling a ‘pack of lies’ and claimed police and the jury had both been hypnotised to convict him (Picture: North News and Pictures)

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She said: ‘There are few things more isolating than living in a body you don’t feel safe in. I’ve carried shame, self-doubt and a sense of disconnection from myself.

‘I’m left carrying what they did. It made my body feel like a battlefield. Watching them celebrate their life and body feels like salt in my wounds.’

The victim said her abuser ‘destroyed me as a child, a teenager and an adult’.

‘Today, you are finally going to face justice,’ the victim added.

Judge Gavin Doig dismissed Wolf’s claims that she had been convicted by a jury planted with people who dislike her.

He told the sex offender: ‘You are not the victim of a conspiracy. You are not the victim at all. [Victim’s name] is the victim and the sooner you accept that, the better it will be going forward.

Dated: 28/11/2025 Natalie Wolf, previously known as Ryan Haley, who has been jailed for three and a half years at Newcastle Crown Court after sexually assaulting a child before changing his name to "Natalie" and dressing as a woman. See story North News Wolf was jailed for three and a half years (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)

‘You will be released from prison in due course. I hope you are able to move on and receive the help you need.’

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Wolf was handed a sentence of three-and-a-half years imprisonment as well as an indefinite restraining order and a sexual harm prevention order.

She will also appear on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Wolf said she would appeal, claiming that someone else had committed the offence.

She further accused the victim of lying in her account, denying that she was ‘sexually attracted to females in that way’.

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