It doesn’t surprise me bosses didn’t report my rape despite saying they did.. but it does sicken me
SACKED EMPLOYEE BLASTS ORGANISATION
BY MARCELLO MEGA reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk
THE organisation that trains Britain’s builders failed to report the alleged rape of a female employee by a colleague, despite claiming it had done so.
The Construction Industry Training Board told the Record a year ago that it “immediately” reported any allegation of rape to the police – and said it had done so “with this case”.
But Jan Cruickshank, the alleged victim who waived her anonymity to tell her story last year, has learned that neither CITB nor Police Scotland has any record of such a report being made.
Jan said yesterday: “This organisation says it champions getting women into the industry and treats them as equals. That was not my experience when a colleague sexually harassed me and eventually violated me.
“It does not surprise me to learn CITB did not follow its own procedure and did not report the allegation of rape to police while claiming it had done so but it does sicken me.”
Last December, Jan revealed that she had been called a liar by her bosses, despite one manager admitting that he had been made aware that Jan was receiving unwanted attention from her colleague.
She has copies of statements from four former colleagues confirming this. Despite that support, she was fired from a job she loved after being told by a senior female colleague that sometimes women had to say “no” more than once.
The male employee, who sent Jan a photo of his penis and a message seen by Jan’s husband asking if she fancied a f***, was supported by CITB managers.
He claimed they had been having an affair for three years and that Jan had taken it badly