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Lauren Jeska was a fell runner.
As a transgender athlete, she had been asked to provide evidence of hormone levels after historical complaints to UK Athletics that she had an unfair advantage competing in women’s events because she had been born a man.
The policy of the governing body required the athlete to take a blood test, but she took exception to this and feared being unable to compete.
Lauren saw this as an attack on her life and decided to take drastic action.
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D
Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June
https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/bris-legends-interviews-ralph-knibbs/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qyGzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=Lauren+jeska&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKttbz26CFAxVuVEEAHQKIDtwQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Lauren%20jeska&f=false
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-updates-champion-runner-lauren-12738157
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/female-athlete-who-tried-murder-11925181
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/17/jailed-transgender-fell-runner-thought-uk-athletics-was-trying-to-kill-her
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39266777
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/14/champion-runner-lauren-jeska-jailed-for-attempted-of-uk-athletics-official-ralph-knibbs
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/27/trans-prisoners-scotland-uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-changes-to-transgender-prisoner-policy-framework#:~:text=The%20placement%20of%20transgender%20prisoners,prisoners%20according%20to%20their%20wishes.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/39443-transgender-prisoners-what-do-britons-think-should
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/why-study-at-bcu/living-in-birmingham/facts-you-didnt-know
https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml
https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/former-rolls-royce-hr-director-joins-derbyshire-healthcare-board
https://www.alexander-stadium.co.uk
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-rugby-star-ralph-knibbs-9198
As a transgender athlete, she had been asked to provide evidence of hormone levels after historical complaints to UK Athletics that she had an unfair advantage competing in women’s events because she had been born a man.
The policy of the governing body required the athlete to take a blood test, but she took exception to this and feared being unable to compete.
Lauren saw this as an attack on her life and decided to take drastic action.
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D
Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June
https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/bris-legends-interviews-ralph-knibbs/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qyGzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=Lauren+jeska&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKttbz26CFAxVuVEEAHQKIDtwQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Lauren%20jeska&f=false
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-updates-champion-runner-lauren-12738157
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/female-athlete-who-tried-murder-11925181
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/17/jailed-transgender-fell-runner-thought-uk-athletics-was-trying-to-kill-her
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39266777
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/14/champion-runner-lauren-jeska-jailed-for-attempted-of-uk-athletics-official-ralph-knibbs
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/27/trans-prisoners-scotland-uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-changes-to-transgender-prisoner-policy-framework#:~:text=The%20placement%20of%20transgender%20prisoners,prisoners%20according%20to%20their%20wishes.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/39443-transgender-prisoners-what-do-britons-think-should
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/why-study-at-bcu/living-in-birmingham/facts-you-didnt-know
https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml
https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/former-rolls-royce-hr-director-joins-derbyshire-healthcare-board
https://www.alexander-stadium.co.uk
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-rugby-star-ralph-knibbs-9198
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Lauren Jeska was a fell runner.
As a transgender athlete, she had been asked to provide evidence of hormone levels after historical complaints to UK Athletics that she had an unfair advantage competing in women’s events because she had been born a man.
The policy of the governing body required the athlete to take a blood test, but she took exception to this and feared being unable to compete.
Lauren saw this as an attack on her life and decided to take drastic action.
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D
Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June
https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/bris-legends-interviews-ralph-knibbs/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qyGzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=Lauren+jeska&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKttbz26CFAxVuVEEAHQKIDtwQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Lauren%20jeska&f=false
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-updates-champion-runner-lauren-12738157
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/female-athlete-who-tried-murder-11925181
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/17/jailed-transgender-fell-runner-thought-uk-athletics-was-trying-to-kill-her
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39266777
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/14/champion-runner-lauren-jeska-jailed-for-attempted-of-uk-athletics-official-ralph-knibbs
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/27/trans-prisoners-scotland-uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-changes-to-transgender-prisoner-policy-framework#:~:text=The%20placement%20of%20transgender%20prisoners,prisoners%20according%20to%20their%20wishes.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/39443-transgender-prisoners-what-do-britons-think-should
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/why-study-at-bcu/living-in-birmingham/facts-you-didnt-know
https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml
https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/former-rolls-royce-hr-director-joins-derbyshire-healthcare-board
https://www.alexander-stadium.co.uk
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-rugby-star-ralph-knibbs-9198
As a transgender athlete, she had been asked to provide evidence of hormone levels after historical complaints to UK Athletics that she had an unfair advantage competing in women’s events because she had been born a man.
The policy of the governing body required the athlete to take a blood test, but she took exception to this and feared being unable to compete.
Lauren saw this as an attack on her life and decided to take drastic action.
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Writing Credit: Megan Grant. See Megan's work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megathachristie/?igshid=MmIzYWVlNDQ5Yg%3D%3D
Buy tickets for my live show on 2 June
https://www.customshouse.co.uk/theatre/murder-aint-easy/
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/bris-legends-interviews-ralph-knibbs/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qyGzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=Lauren+jeska&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKttbz26CFAxVuVEEAHQKIDtwQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=Lauren%20jeska&f=false
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-updates-champion-runner-lauren-12738157
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/female-athlete-who-tried-murder-11925181
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/17/jailed-transgender-fell-runner-thought-uk-athletics-was-trying-to-kill-her
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39266777
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/14/champion-runner-lauren-jeska-jailed-for-attempted-of-uk-athletics-official-ralph-knibbs
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/27/trans-prisoners-scotland-uk/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-changes-to-transgender-prisoner-policy-framework#:~:text=The%20placement%20of%20transgender%20prisoners,prisoners%20according%20to%20their%20wishes.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/39443-transgender-prisoners-what-do-britons-think-should
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/why-study-at-bcu/living-in-birmingham/facts-you-didnt-know
https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml
https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/about-us/latest-news/former-rolls-royce-hr-director-joins-derbyshire-healthcare-board
https://www.alexander-stadium.co.uk
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-rugby-star-ralph-knibbs-9198
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