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Factory bullies wrapped me in cling film and locked me in a box

A woman was wrapped in cling film, bound up with tape and locked in a box by bullies during a year-long ordeal at work. Jennifer Huntley was wrapped in cling film and hoisted towards ceiling fans in the worst case of work place bullying

She was beaten, taunted, poisoned and humiliated on an almost daily basis by two men at a food factory. The catalogue of abuse included being wrapped in cling film and hoisted towards ceiling fans. 

A court heard yesterday how she was wrapped in cling film and hoisted towards ceiling fans in the worst case of work place bullying. She also had her hands, mouth and feet taped before being imprisoned in a box and driven around the factory on a fork-lift truck. Other occasions, her food was laced with industrial-strength chilli powder and mustard powder was smeared on her face. She ended up so covered in bruises from the beatings she received that her mother feared she had leukaemia and sent her to see the doctor.

She was punched and kicked and even had excrement left on her table, the court heard.  Hillerby and Beadle were given nine-month prison sentences suspended for two years. Phoenix Select refused to comment or reveal if they were still working at the firm