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To: UnBelievable who wrote (48176)	12/15/2000 12:39:56 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 436258

Ex-trader found unfit to stand trial A former City fund manager, who nearly died after repeated attempts to castrate himself and become a woman, has been found unfit to stand trial for an alleged £220 million fraud. Peter Young, a father of two, who now calls himself Beth and dresses as a woman, was overwhelmed with stress after bosses began probing his dealings four years ago. The bespectacled six footer and diagnosed schizophrenic began to think he was a woman in a man's body. He grew his brown hair below his shoulders and added pink dresses, blouses and high-heeled shoes to his wardrobe. London's Southwark Crown Court was told that the once brilliant Oxford graduate, who used to manage investments totalling £1.2 billion as a fund manager for Morgan Grenfell Asset Management, finally began hearing voices. The 42-year-old told psychiatrists that one of the voices was male, while the other belonged to a female called Sarah who kept telling him to become a woman. In the end, his 'passion' to change sex resulted in the former high-flier suffering appalling injuries as he variously used a craft knife, a length of fishing line and, finally, a pair of scissors in a bid to rid himself of the manhood he had come to hate. On one occasion, he sat for two days bleeding from a gaping wound before he finally sought help, although it was too late to save one of his testicles. After the last bout of self-mutilation, in August, he suffered a severe infection and nearly died. An initial "trial of issue" hearing at the Old Bailey to decide his fitness failed to produce a verdict. But this time the jury of six men and six women, who had spent a fortnight listening to often complex medical evidence, took just five hours to unanimously decide that he was "under such disability of mind" he was not fit to stand trial. Twice-married Young, who once earned £300,000 a year and now lives at an undisclosed address in Surrey, showed no reaction as the foreman announced their decision under the 1964 Insanity Act. Minutes later, he left the court in a cerise top, grey-flecked skirt, high-heeled shoes and carrying a purple shoulder bag. He now faces a further hearing next week when a separate jury will be asked to decide if he "did the acts" alleged against him. Such a finding would enable the court to order medical treatment for him. The court heard that concerns about Young's dealings were raised when he allegedly began speculating for personal gain and in areas Morgan Grenfell would not have approved of. According to the Crown, he used some of the cash - £350,000 - to buy the former family home in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.