OK- me again- 9 weeks suspended now and so much illegality as to policy following and procedural errors etc it would be boring to list them here.
BUT-
They have now decided to hold a disciplinary hearing and it transpires that there are two images which are inappropriate on my PC that they are using as part of the disciplinary. There are one or two other issues which can be dealt with by robust and truthful argument- .
There images I hasten to add are NOT pornographic but not the kind of pictures (body piercing of genitlia(not erect)) etc that a civil servant should have on a work PC.
They are suggesting that I down loaded and e mailed them to my home e mail- which is used by my whole family by the way.
I can categorically state that I have never seen these two images ever before and have never downloaded such images- That is the truth.
I have never received the images on my home e mail either.
I guess there are a number of possible scenarios- Trojan/ virus /malware etc, Planted by a disgruntled boss?
My solicitor is writing to ask for a forensic analysis of the hard drive etc but the employer has not complied with any Freedom if info requests etc so far-
As they have been holding an 'investigation' for last 9 weeks they in my opinion should have been keeping a detailed log of who had been using the pc- am I right?
It is also strange that the dates of these so called downloads are after the control of all the server etc was handed over to one of the bosses to develop the website for the employers. Nothing has happened to that but it has all gone out of my control
Can Trojans etc actually do this kind of stuff without users knowledge?
I am very stressed and under strict medical attention for this whole thing and have lost over 2 stone with the worry.
I know that everyone in a similar situation says that they didn't do it- but I really haven't- I knew this could happen as you read in y first post.
Tribunals etc are not an option at moment and my solicitor is writing huge (costly letters) which I cant afford to pay for. We are using the kids savings to pay legal costs so far but that is running out.
Bottom line is that if I lose my job- I loose my house- I have no savings- which which to pay mortgage.
Any help would be handy.
Jimgriff