A police officer sued for sex harassment after his colleague called him 'Dolly Parton' because he only worked nine to five. PC Stephen Knox complained after the other PC whistled the country singer's hit song '9 To 5' at him at their station.
His fellow officer even printed out A4-sized photographs of the American star's face and plastered them over PC Knox's computer and desk, an employment tribunal heard. PC Knox had changed his shift patterns to suit his childcare needs but following the 'banter' by the officer, named only as PC Rylands at the tribunal, he complained it amounted to sexual harassment.
The long-serving Merseyside Police officer took the force to tribunal, but now the four-year legal battle has come to an end. The father of four's claim of sex harassment over the Dolly Parton jibe was thrown out as he submitted it too late.
