A former civil servant who was tied to a chair and gagged by male colleagues at a Scots fishery office has lost her £500,000 compensation claim.
DeeAnn Fitzpatrick was employed at the Marine Scotland office in Scrabster, Caithness, where she claimed to be a victim of “bullying” and “inappropriate behaviour”.
The 52-year-old said she was “restrained” by two male co-workers in December 2010 as a lesson to “keep her mouth shut” after blowing the whistle about the toxic work culture.
