Paula Stanton

Paula Stanton, a 62-year-old individual from Barry, Wales, has a significant public criminal record in the UK, primarily involving sex offenses and outraging public decency. Stanton, identified in court as a transgender woman and a Falklands War veteran, has accumulated 12 previous convictions for 19 offenses, with at least five being sex offenses committed between 2019 and 2025.

Key facts, dates, and court decisions include:

• May 17, 2026 (incident date) / June 2026 (conviction): Stanton was most recently jailed for outraging public decency after masturbating in front of nurses at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. Stanton had been taken to the hospital for a mental health assessment. During the incident, Stanton made eye contact with a nurse while masturbating. Stanton pleaded guilty to the charge. The court sentenced Stanton to 100 days for outraging public decency and an additional 60 days for breaching a suspended sentence, totaling 160 days. Stanton is expected to serve approximately 40% of the sentence in custody.
• August 2025 (conviction): Stanton was convicted at Cardiff Magistrates Court for indecent exposure committed on July 14, 2025, in Barry. The court imposed a six-month prison term, suspended for 24 months, along with 12 months of alcohol treatment and rehabilitation activity days. Stanton was also required to register as a sex offender for seven years and was made subject to a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
• March 2024 (conviction): Stanton was convicted at Newport Crown Court of outraging public decency for repeatedly masturbating in a flat window while wearing lingerie, intending to be seen by women passing by. Stanton was jailed for 6 months, with an additional six months activated from a previous suspended sentence, totaling 12 months. Stanton was also required to register as a sex offender for 10 years. A note left by Stanton on a victim's car read, "Please keep looking up at the flats. Paula wants to show you all her lingerie, it turns her on, so please tell her what you think. Thanks, Paula.”
• March 2023 (conviction): Stanton was convicted at Cardiff Magistrates Court for intentionally exposing genitals and masturbating at a woman while following her in a car. Stanton received a six-month suspended prison sentence.
• 2019 (conviction): Stanton was convicted of outraging public decency for indecently exposing to two young girls in a Caernarfon playground while wearing female underwear. A five-year sexual harm prevention order was issued in November 2019.
• 2017 (conviction): Stanton had a previous conviction for an "almost identical offence" to the 2019 incident.

Stanton has reportedly blamed PTSD and alcohol abuse for some of the offenses. The individual's criminal history is publicly accessible through court records.