A prison officer has been awarded £43,875 in damages after she was victimised by colleagues for appearing as a witness in a high-profile whistleblowing case.
Emma Howie claimed fellow officers turned on her after she gave evidence at a disciplinary hearing at Full Sutton prison, near York.
She was later transferred to the high-security Wakefield prison, where in December 2004 she again gave evidence, this time on behalf of senior prison officer Carol Lingard.
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Lingard, who reported claims prisoners were being bullied at the high-security jail, later won her claim of unfair dismissal against the Prison Service and was awarded £500,000.
An employment tribunal also ordered the Prison Service to pay Howie’s legal costs.
