A former 'Dragons' Den' star, Nicola Fletcher, has been sentenced to two years in prison for blackmailing a former employee.
A businesswoman who was given a £100,000 investment on Dragons’ Den has been jailed for blackmail. In 2015 Nicola Fletcher received the backing of Duncan Bannatyne and Piers Linney when appearing on the BBC series and pitching her product – high-visibility wear for horse riders. Her firm, Equisafety Ltd, has previously worked with dressage Olympians including Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester.
However nearly a decade on Fletcher, 49, has been sentenced to two years behind bars after demanding £6,000 from a former employee. After a dispute with former employee Lorraine Davies, the businesswoman repeatedly wrote bad references for her former friend, whom she wanted to ‘bury’. Her actions left Davies unable to find a job for nine months. Nearly a decade after receiving a £100,000 investment on the BBC series, Nicola Fletcher has been convicted of blackmail. The dispute between the pair initially began after Davis brought a case to the employment tribunal following a row at Badminton Horse Trials over mould in her accommodation, which led to her leaving the firm. The terms of an out-of-court settlement ordered Fletcher to pay £3,000 in costs plus a further £3,000 in termination and bonus payments, as well as an assurance she would provide her former aide with a positive reference. However, when Davies was then offered a job at a veterinary hospital and listed Fletcher as a referee, she received a letter from her former boss offering ‘a reference full of lies in exchange for the value of the settlement or a reference full of truth’. After Davies failed to respond, the bosses at Liverpool University’s Leahurst Equine Hospital rescinded the job offer after being sent what was labelled an ‘extremely personal reference’ from Fletche
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