Staff 'sacked for voicing health & safety concerns'

A worker employed by depots run by Wincanton claims to have been sacked following complaints about health and safety.

Dale Underwood operated lorries for the Co-op and complained about the dangerous overloading being alleged practiced.

Underwood faced police investigation following an allegation of blackmail in a letter received by a Wincanton manager, demanding £50,000 for video evidence of the dangerous state in the trailers – which would be posted and shamed online if not paid for.

Police have not found evidence that Underwood sent the letter.