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Official statistics show there was a 15% rise in the number of rapes and attempted rapes recorded in Scotland last year.
Sandy Brindley, chief executive of RCS, said: “Whether these figures reflect an increase in the number of sexual offences being reported, an increase in the volume of offences, or both, women and ...
Sandy Brindley, Rape Crisis Scotland chief executive, said: “Despite a rise in the number of reported rapes in Scotland, support for survivors remains desperately under-resourced and under-funded. “We ...
The total number of cases recorded by Police Scotland between April and September last year was 1400, 19.5% higher than the 850 in the same period the previous year. Sandy Brindley, Rape Crisis ...
Sandy Brindley, chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, today writes for the Scottish Sun on the issue. STEALTHING is a serious issue which can have a significant impact.
Scottish Government jury reforms could make it harder to secure a conviction for rapists, the head of Rape Crisis Scotland has warned. Speaking to Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee, Sandy ...
There is turmoil at Scotland's national rape crisis charity after one of the country's biggest support centres cut all ties over a row about gender and women-only spaces.
RCS chief executive Sandy Brindley recently apologised after another centre in Edinburgh, which was run by a trans woman, failed to provide single-sex spaces for 16 months.
Sandy Brindley allegedly knew about the lack of female-only spaces at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, rape and sexual abuse survivors have claimed.