Transgender paedophile caught duping staff for 71-day stay at domestic violence refuge

A paedophile duped staff into letting her stay at a domestic violence refuge for women and children for 71 days. 

Katie Dolatowski, 22, who was born male, got into Leeds Women’s Aid refuge under an alias.

Her past was uncovered ten weeks later in September and managers are thought to have contacted the police straight away.

The refuge for vulnerable women and children is frequently visited by domestic abuse campaigner and Spice Girl Mel B.

Dolatowski, whose offending dates back to 2018, was taken into custody, The Sun reported.

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Katie Dolatowski, 22, who was born male, got into Leeds Women’s Aid refuge under an alias

The refuge is frequently visited by domestic abuse campaigner and Spice Girl Mel B (Pictured: Mel B at the Women’s Aid ‘Love Should Not Hurt’ NFT Art Launch, part of the Come Together to End Domestic Abuse campaign, at Blacks Club on July 26, 2022)

She sexually assaulted a ten-year-old girl in a supermarket toilet and secretly filmed another in 2018 and has been in court several times since.

A refuge guest and mum of three said that as a victim of sexual abuse, the situation was ‘triggering’.

She said she came to the refuge with her children as she thought it was somewhere safe and that it was horrendous discovering a paedophile had been living there for months.

The mum added: ‘I saw her several times hanging around where the prams are parked, she is tall and skinny with long brown hair and always wore a blue surgical mask. The whole thing makes my skin crawl.’ 

Dolatowski was said to have official papers supporting the alias she was going by which she used to convince staff she was a victim of abuse. 

She stayed in the refuge’s separate accommodation for trans abuse survivors. It has a shared garden.

Chief executive of Leeds Women’s Aid Nik Peaswood said the centre was appalled that someone who had committed the crimes Dolatowski had would be able to gain access to the refuge. 

She continued: ‘We are aware a criminal using authenticated identification could access any housing provider’s services and we are not unique in being manipulated in this way.’

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A refuge guest and mum of three said that as a victim of sexual abuse, the situation was ‘triggering’ (Pictured: A Leeds Women’s Aid charity shop in Horsforth

Chief executive at Women’s Aid Farah Nazeer said the situation was a priority alongside their abuse services. 

She added that extra security measures were being looked into as a result of the incident. 

Dolatowski was 18 years old when she threatened to stab the ten-year-old girl if she didn’t remove her trousers in a Morrisons in Kircaldy, Fife, but the child punched her and ran away.

A month prior Dolatowski had secretly recorded a 12-year-old girl on the toilet in a Dunfermline Asda. 

Dolatowski avoided jail.