The justice secretary has been accused of misleading Holyrood after she refused to answer questions on an ongoing court case over a policy which allows transgender offenders to be placed in women’s jails.

Tory MSP Tess White said she feared that would lead to another case where a “dangerous male criminal” is sent to a women’s prison.

White, the Scottish Conservative equalities spokesperson, said she was “spine-chillingly concerned” about a repeat of the case of Isla Bryson, a trans woman who was initially sent to a women-only prison, despite having been convicted of raping two women.

Bryson, who was born Adam Graham, was later transferred to the male prison estate after a public outcry.

Angela Constance stressed that “every woman has the right not only to feel safe but to be safe”.

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