A woman who had a sex change operation to become a man has won the right to recognised as a man by the Public Registry.

Judge Joseph Azzopardi also ordered that the man to be registered as such on his birth certificate

He heard that the said person had had masculine inclinations since he was a child and his psychological and physical behaviour was masculine.

To get rid of internal conflicts this person underwent gender reassignment surgery in Serbia.

Owen Bonnici was defence counsel.

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