A woman who complained of a racist and misogynistic culture in a Scottish government department claims she was taped to a chair and gagged by two male colleagues as a warning to keep quiet. The BBC report that Ms Fitzpatrick, who has taken her case to an employment tribunal, said the restraint took place amid years of bullying and harassment at Marine Scotland’s Scrabster office. BBC Scotland has obtained a photo of the incident. Fitzpatrick alleges that one of the men involved said: “This is what you get when you speak out against the boys.”
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