Zookeeper framed her colleague to hide affair
A sAfAri park keeper framed a fellow worker in a bid to keep her fling with one of his friends secret.
Married mother Hayleigh flak, 28, posed as an angry customer to accuse Craig Brooks – who knew about the one-night stand – of being abusive.
she hoped that her bosses at Longleat safari Park in Wiltshire would put him on different shifts from her, and thereby prevent him from having an opportunity to spill the beans to her husband.
However, her plan backfired and she found herself before magistrates charged with harassment after investigating police found the emails had been sent from her computer.
The royal Navy sailor’s wife was desperate that details of her affair did not become public.
for that reason she sent two emails to Longleat bosses pretending to be a customer in which she accused Mr Brooks of being abusive to visitors.
Ellen McAnaw, defending pregnant flak, told the court in Chippenham, Wiltshire, the safari worker had been ‘incredibly stupid’.
she added: ‘This offence came about because of Miss flak’s sexual encounter with a colleague who was friends with Mr Brooks. The person she had the affair with told Mr Brooks what had happened. she was worried her husband would find out and her intention was to send these emails and get Mr Brooks put on a different shift.
‘it was incredibly stupid. Her husband is in the royal Navy and is now going to find out what happened. she said she is going to go home and tell him the full details and she’s sure that’s going to end her marriage. she has two children and is 16 weeks pregnant – it’s not a great position.’
flak, from ilchester, somerset, pleaded guilty to harassing Mr Brooks between March 13 and April 1. she was given a restraining order and told to do 70 hours of unpaid community work.