A director was unfairly sacked from one of Princess Diana's favourite charities after her boss branded her 'Looney Tunes' and sent lewd emails about her, a tribunal heard today. Ibukun Adebayo, 48, found 'distressing and offensive' insults in emails from her boss David Hoare at the drugs, alcohol and mental health charity Turning Point, in London. Mrs Adebayo then claimed she was unfairly sacked from her £84,000 position as IT director at the charity by its chief executive Lord Victor Adebowale. The remedy hearing was told that Mr Hoare referred to her a 'Looney Tunes' in one email to Lord Adebowale and sent another work email about a sex act.Ibukun Adebayo, 48, worked for drugs and alcohol charity Turning PointClaimed her boss nicknamed her Looney Tunes' and sent obscene emailsShe was dismissed from her IT position after uncovering the emails sentNow claiming a six-figure payout for lost earning and compensation
'To me, her subsequent discovery of emails, which certainly should not have been sent, did not retrospectively justify her illegitimate searches in the first place and her actions were as such that, whatever her searches uncovered, her illegitimate trawl of the _ email system would have led to her dismissal in any event.'