An engineer began using a "secret toilet" at work after encountering a transgender colleague in the female bathrooms, an employment tribunal has heard.

Maria Kelly said she does not want to "sacrifice my privacy and my dignity" by sharing toilets withy the fellow staff member and is taking legal action against her employer, Leonardo UK.

Ms Kelly, who works in the aerospace company's Edinburgh offices, has lodged a complaint alleging harassment, direct and indirect discrimination.

The people and capability lead for the aerospace firm's electronics department, said that as someone who suffers from heavy periods, female toilets are important to her as a place of refuge and privacy to deal with them.

She told the tribunal in Edinburgh that after encountering a transgender colleague i

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