The MP admits it was wrong to suggest the author 'used her own dreadful experience in anything other than good faith'.
Mr Russell-Moyle picked up on this in his own article on trans rights in the Tribune magazine last week.
"Trans people are no more likely to be rapists; in fact, they are more likely to be victims of sexual assault themselves."But in the face if criticism by women's campaigners following its publication, Mr Russell-Moyle was forced to U-turn.
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