Council employee John Travers and his wife Deirdre were victimised by anonymous trolls and harassed at work after Mr Travers raised concerns about an alleged misuse of public funds in 2002.
Now he says QC Susanne Tanner, author of a report on whistleblowing and the organisational culture of the council, has added considerably to the stresses and strains his family has gone through by contradicting the findings of a previous report which said the pornography sent to Mrs Travers came from a council email address.
And he has written to her, complaining of inaccuracies, saying their faith that they would receive fair treatment had been misplaced, and calling for an apology.
The report, published last Friday, is due to be debated by councillors on Thursday.
In his letter, Mr Travers said he was writing “with reluctance and at some considerable distress” to correct her comments.
He said: “I would point out that my wife and I were very reluctant to give evidence to your inquiry because it has added to the enormous stresses that we have been under for nearly 20 years. Indeed, we only came forward because we were advised to do so by our QC Andrew Smith who felt it was important for us to contribute.
“Also, you will be aware that we came back after being interviewed to meet you for approximately two hours to review the element of the report that referred to us. You will remember that we pointed out...
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