'Scared to go to work' | RAF servicewoman 'hid in toilets' to escape sexual harassment from boss

An ex-RAF servicewoman’s sexual harassment at the hands of her boss was so bad that she locked herself in a work toilet to escape it, according to an investigation by the BBC.

The former Royal Air Force worker, who was given the pseudonym Grace, told the national broadcaster that she left the armed forces because her treatment had left her feeling “scared to go to work”.

She raised complaints about her superior but, in a harrowing twist, it was she who was sanctioned by the RAF – a decision the Ministry of Defence has since admitted was a case of victimisation.

Grace felt she had ‘no option but to leave’ the air force following her treatment and subsequent complaint process, and even discouraged other young women from joining the air force.