Record compensation award for prison whistleblower

Compensation of nearly half a million pounds has been awarded to a female prison officer who blew the whistle on a colleague at a high-security jail. The compensation award for constructive dismissal is thought to be one of the largest ever in a whistleblowing case and is the highest in a public sector claim.

Mrs Lingard, 36, complained about events at Wakefield Prison and alleged a colleague made a Hitler salute at a meeting involving an Austrian prisoner. Claims were also made about an a... (129 more words)

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