A transgender woman who struck a man over the head with a bottle of sparkling wine has pleaded with a judge not to send her to a men's prison.

The 32-year-old, jailed yesterday for five years, will have his first parole hearing in December.

A former detective has been sentenced to 10 months' home detention for defrauding a national sevens tournament of $64,000.

The timing of Lloyd Alexander McIntosh's alleged breach will raise the pressure in Wanganui.