The boss of a Bristol-based online gaming company has resigned after allegedly sending inappropriate messages to women.

Mark Turpin was chief executive of Yogscast - a multi-million dollar company based on Queen’s Square in the city - that gained global fame for YouTube videos on gaming.

One of the co-founders of Yogscast reportedly tweeted followers asking if any fans had had a negative experience with any of the organisation's staff.

A number of people then approached the business, making allegations about Mr Turpin who was suspended. He later announced he was leaving on a thread on Reddit.

“Just to let you know I’ve stepped down as CEO of the Yogscast,” he wrote. "I have sent some inappropriate messages to several members of our community and I’m deeply embarrassed about this error of judgement.

'You all deserved better from me'

“There’s no justification or excuse for my behaviour. I was in a position of considerable responsibility and you all deserved better from me. If you've been upset by my actions, I’m very sorry.”

It is the second time in recent weeks that the company has been hit by scandal.

Only last month, one of Yogscast's content creators was removed from the business after reportedly breaking the company’s code of conduct.

Matthew Meredith, who had more than 100,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, was removed from the company.

At the time, Mr Turpin said the company expected “the highest levels of professionalism from its talent”. He has since said he needs to be "held to those standards too".

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Yogscast says it takes all complaints about staff and the network's content creators "very seriously".

A spokesperson told the BBC: "As soon as we were made aware of incidents involving a staff member and a content creator that broke our code of conduct they were swiftly removed."

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