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| Stag gore victim Dr Kate Stone says press 'trampled on private life' | Stag gore victim Dr Kate Stone says press 'trampled on private life' |
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| A stag gore victim who complained that six newspapers had made "inappropriate" references to her transgender status said the press "trampled all over my private life". | |
| Dr Kate Stone, from Cambridge, made the news after she was nearly killed by the animal in the Highlands last year. | Dr Kate Stone, from Cambridge, made the news after she was nearly killed by the animal in the Highlands last year. |
| The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) said references to gender were removed because they were "not relevant". | The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) said references to gender were removed because they were "not relevant". |
| Dr Stone, 44, said she hoped less people would now face press intrusion. | Dr Stone, 44, said she hoped less people would now face press intrusion. |
| She complained to the PCC that the Daily Mail, The Sun, The Scottish Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph and Daily Record had made "irrelevant" references to her gender when covering the story in December. | She complained to the PCC that the Daily Mail, The Sun, The Scottish Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph and Daily Record had made "irrelevant" references to her gender when covering the story in December. |
| The PCC said some papers used inappropriate terms such as "sex-swap" and intruded into her personal life, publishing details including her previous name. | The PCC said some papers used inappropriate terms such as "sex-swap" and intruded into her personal life, publishing details including her previous name. |
| It said after negotiations, the newspapers removed all references to her gender from their online articles. | It said after negotiations, the newspapers removed all references to her gender from their online articles. |
| Dr Stone said: "Is the colour of my blood not sensational enough? I was laying on the floor in a pool of blood. | Dr Stone said: "Is the colour of my blood not sensational enough? I was laying on the floor in a pool of blood. |
| "What upset me is I knew it made a lot of people angry and a lot of people who are similar to me, it really scared them that things are put in the news that can totally destroy your life. | "What upset me is I knew it made a lot of people angry and a lot of people who are similar to me, it really scared them that things are put in the news that can totally destroy your life. |
| "Luckily I'm a very strong person. I just wanted to help them [the newspapers] empathise with me." | "Luckily I'm a very strong person. I just wanted to help them [the newspapers] empathise with me." |
| Dr Stone had been invited for drinks with her companions at a house in Lochailort, near Fort William, in the early hours of 30 December when the stag, believed to have become trapped in the garden there, ran towards her. | Dr Stone had been invited for drinks with her companions at a house in Lochailort, near Fort William, in the early hours of 30 December when the stag, believed to have become trapped in the garden there, ran towards her. |
| It knocked her over, impaling her throat with its antlers. | It knocked her over, impaling her throat with its antlers. |
| Despite being "millimetres from death" and initially unable to walk, talk, eat or drink, she has since recovered and is back at work where she runs a hi-tech print company. | Despite being "millimetres from death" and initially unable to walk, talk, eat or drink, she has since recovered and is back at work where she runs a hi-tech print company. |
| "I'm pretty much 100% better. But then the press trampled all over my private life and that can't be undone," she said. | "I'm pretty much 100% better. But then the press trampled all over my private life and that can't be undone," she said. |
| "100% my motive is to just help reduce the chances of this happening to someone else." | "100% my motive is to just help reduce the chances of this happening to someone else." |