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most and to further damage my mental health as much as they could.

307. On 11th May 2018 I appealed via email against my dismissal citing several arguments. I knew that my appeal would be hopeless because of all the lies, misrepresentations and manipulations that had already happened in the past. Still I found it important to let them know how I saw the present situation. I had been several days in Belgium by then and being away from Gibraltar brought a huge relief to my mental health. I could at least take some distance from the situation now and look at it with different eyes. The fact that I was sacked also meant that the bullying had come to an end, that further contributed to my feelings of relief. There was no way though that I would accept the financial losses they had forced upon me, that was a feeling that grew stronger and stronger every day. There had been enough injustices while I worked there and that should be corrected one way or another to prevent it from happening again to others, like what had for instance happened to Dennis Dorland. I definitely was not back to the normal mental health state I had been in before I started working at GVC/bwin but at least for the time being I had enough with family and friends to occupy my mind and push the bullying to the back of my mind for a few days.

308. My appeal sent to Cecilia Malmgren:
Dear Cecilia,
To my dismay the first impression of Emma's Termination of Employment e-mail looks like a cheap attempt to save some money on a few days of wages and sick leave, so much for my proposal to meet and discuss a way forward. It just confirms my strong feeling from the last few weeks that the company was actively looking for ways to get rid of me cheaply instead of finding a decent solution to my bullying complaints.
I can add to this that the person who checks my mailbox when I'm away reported that no original copy of your dismissal notification or any other communication was delivered to my home address as Emma claims in her e-mail from 08.05.2018.
Emma also claims I haven been absent from work without notification. That is incorrect: I have repeatedly informed the company that I could not return to work without a proper solution for 11 months of bullying and victimisation. I am still awaiting an investigation and reply for my appeal on 07.05.2018 to Cecilia about the Bullying Investigation Outcome. I


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