‘Unprecedented’ | 'Landmark case' for tribunals as employee jailed after fabricating harassment claims

A former Commerzbank analyst has been jailed for contempt of court after fabricating serious allegations of sexual harassment and assault against his manager, in what lawyers say is a landmark moment for Employment Tribunal proceedings.

Damilare Ajao, who worked in the bank’s customer services team, was originally sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment. The Court of Appeal later reduced that term to eight months after finding the wrong sentencing guidelines had been applied. The court refused to suspend the sentence.