A laborer from Mactac has been humiliated for 9 years by his colleagues. The humiliations and teasing were incredible. He was bound on a wooden platform while a colleague smashed his genitalia against his face. Another day he was locked up in a cage, he was overwhelmed by kilos of talcum powder. After this the colleagues cleaned his body with a high pressure cleaner.
In 2002 he told the direction about the bullying. He got a few images from the security camera and gave them to the direction. The offenders are clearly recognizable.
The tribunal from Bergen says that the facts are statute barred because the victim made a complaint in 2008, that’s five years after the last bullying.
The company had offered psychological help and a transfer to the victim. Twenty five employees are suspicious. In January it will be clear whether the suspects will have to appear in court or not. They risk an imprisonment of 5 years. The lawyer also wants to pursue the suspects for torturing because the facts were very cruel. The victim can also start a lawsuit to obtain damages from the suspects.
I was shocked when I saw the pictures and the images on the internet. This is really over the top, I didn’t know this could happen in Belgium. I keep on asking why nobody helped this man or why he didn’t told the direction earlier about the bullying. I hope that other employees who are handled in the same way have the strength to talk about it with the direction or someone they trust.
Now jurists doubt if the perpetrators will be punished, but I hope they will.
Tine Depotter
Source: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20101118_062
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