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.

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.

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).