Bill Aitken, shadow minister for community safety, apologised to the woman after making the comments in an interview with the Sunday Herald.
Aitken has been a District Court Judge, Justice of the Peace and is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Glasgow.
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Fury as Tory MSP asks: was rape victim a prostitute?
A leading Scottish Conservative MSP is under attack for suggesting the latest victim of rape in Glasgow may have been a prostitute.
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