Foster carers blacklisted over false assault claims have reached a settlement of over 25,000 with a local authority after a four-year legal battle.
Diane Boyle and husband Karl were robbed of their livelihoods and forced to sell their home after being removed from the carers’ register by North Lanarkshire Council.
The Sunday Mail revealed their fight for justice in 2018. The couple, from Motherwell, had fostered 67 children over a 17-year period.
Allegations of assault were made against Diane by two teenagers who had been in her care.
The boys claimed she attacked them several times in the family home.
Devout Christian Diane stood trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court in December 2017. She was cleared of four assault charges and one charge of threatening behaviour.
Witnesses on her behalf included a Sunday School teacher, a council social worker and the grandparents of the boys who made the allegations.
But Diane and Karl were removed from the foster carers’ register despite the not guilty verdicts and an appeal against the council’s decision was rejected.
Backed by the Independent Workers Union, they prepared a case for unfair dismissal against the council.
The authority argued that, as foster carers, they were not employees of the council and the claim was invalid.
Diane, 53, and Karl, 59, were set to give evidence at Glasgow Tribunals Centre but a settlement was reached shortly before the four-day hearing was to begin. The Boyles said they weren’t allowed to speak publicly...
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