Dany Brindley issued an apology to those using the service and acknowledged Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre had not provided women-only spaces for the past 16 months.

Sandy Brindley apologised "unreservedly" to service users at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre after it failed to provide women-only spaces for 16 months.

A charity chief executive has apologised "unreservedly" to rape survivors affected by failings at a 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,

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.