I did not compare trans doc to rapist

Changing room nurse denies being influenced by Bryson prison row

- BY SARAH WARD

A NURSE who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has denied comparing the medic to a rapist.

Sandie Peggie claims having to share the space with Dr Beth Upton, a trans woman, amounted to unlawful harassment under the Equality Act.

An employment tribunal, which began on Monday, has been told that words were exchanged between them in December 2023.

It heard that she had compared the doctor's decision to use the female changing area in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, to controversy around "men being in women's prison".