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Bullied council therapist defeats gross misconduct charges

A COUNCIL therapist who was bullied and harassed by bosses won her case yesterday against allegations of gross misconduct.

Greenwich Council was forced to drop charges against an employee accused of being “too friendly with staff.”

And it faced calls from Unite yesterday to account for cash it splurged on agency workers to fill in for the woman’s colleagues when they staged a three-day walkout in solidarity.

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