It looks now like Sturgeon didn’t fancy spending the weekend explaining how a self-identifying trans woman gets charged with sexually assaulting an 11 year old and this wouldn’t be an issue for him/her going to a female prison on remand.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-64678419
By coincidence the Scottish Prison Service updated their policy on 9th February.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...r-birth-gender
The very same day Andrew Miller/Amy George appeared in court, having been charged the day before.