'Emotional distress' | Rail worker's affair with senior boss sparked 'toxic' workplace atmosphere

A rail worker’s affair with a senior manager boiled over into a toxic workplace row and a £35,000 lawsuit from an employee who claimed he was victimised for being friends with one of the secret lovers.

Lorraine McGorm, a ScotRail staff member, was revealed to be having an affair with John McBrinn, the customer operations manager. Compounding this was the revelation that McGorm had been engaged to the son of another senior ScotRail boss, Joe O’Neill, at the time she started the relationship with McBrinn.