The chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland apologised "unreservedly" to rape survivors affected by failings at a support centre in Edinburgh. Sandy Brindley said she would not resign from her role but was focused on addressing concerns raised at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC).

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.

Mridul Wadhwa has stood down from her role at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre after a report was published into the site's fallings.

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

A charity chief executive has apologised "unreservedly" to rape survivors affected by failings at support centre in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre came under fire when a review found it had failed to provide women-only spaces for 16 months, and that its CEO - trans woman Mridul Wadhwa - had not acted professionally or understood the limits of her authority. Sandy Brindley ...