The head of a charity that oversees Scotland’s rape crisis centres has refused to quit after a report found that sexual violence victims were “damaged” by a policy that hindered their access to biologically female counsellors.

Chief executive Sandy Brindley broke her silence on the scandal surrounding Mridul Wadhwa, who resigned from the Edinburgh centre after a damning report last week.

Mridul Wadhwa – a trans woman – resigned after a Rape Crisis Scotland report found she failed to behave professionally while head of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC). The investigation, carried out by an independent consultant, also found Ms Wadhwa “did not understand the limits of her authority” and the needs of survivors were not prioritised.

THE controversial trans boss of a rape crisis centre has finally quit after a damning report found they failed to act professionally. Mridul Wadhwa, who identifies as a woman, was found to have