A manager for Highways England pestered a new recruit with sleazy texts and threatened to have her ‘killed and buried’ if she reported him, a damning sexual harassment judgment has revealed.
Roads boss Grant Bosence, 53, bombarded Kim Beaney, 40, with 2 500 Facebook and text messages in just two months, including semi-naked selfies.
The mother-of-two was awarded £74 000 in compensation after successfully bringing an employment tribunal case against Highways England, Bosence and another worker. "The amount of messages he sent was ridiculous. But I was in no position to say what I really wanted – which, believe me, would have been blunt and to the point." Miss Beaney, who applied for a £18,000-a-year role as a Highways Inspection Driver in February 2017, was contacted by Bosence on the same day as her interview.
When Miss Beaney innocently asked what she should wear underneath her fluorescent workwear, he replied: "Haha, well I could say what would be nice." Bosence, who is reported to be single, told the tribunal that there was nothing inappropriate about the messages and images he sent Miss Beaney.
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