Another individual to share concerns about Elliott with the BBC was Amy Cowie, who won an unfair dismissal case against his building firm Blenheim Homes North East in 2018.
She had been a personal assistant but, on her return from maternity leave, was told to work from a cabin on one of the building sites, where she said the site manager told her “I don’t know why they’ve put you here, I haven’t got anything for you to do”.
She was also told to clean the toilets and was eventually sacked without being told why, she said. She was just 20 and the ordeal caused her sleepless nights and “a lot of emotional pain”, she said.
Cowie was awarded just under £12,000 by an employment tribunal for emotional damages, loss of earnings and holiday pay,…