I was sacked by my husband after I caught him having an AFFAIR at work on CCTV – now I’ve won £10,000 off him
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A WIFE claimed she was sacked by her husband after she caught him on CCTV having an affair at work - but now she's won £10,000 off him. Jacqueline Herling and her husband Stefan previously ran a "very successful" national park pub together. Mrs Herling caught her husband, the head chef having an illicit relationship with another employee, and confronted him.
![[The couple share two children together]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/msemail_4jpg-JS959765922.jpg?strip=all&w=497)
In a heated row, she "would not set foot in the pub again" and reduced her work to "occasional duties", an employment tribunal heard. She then continued to receive her salary for another four months until her head chef husband issued her with a P45 without telling her.
![[Mrs Herling caught her husband, Stefan, the head chef, having an illicit relationship with another employee on CCTV]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/msemail_3jpg-JS959765921.jpg?strip=all&w=558)
The mum-of-two refused to back down and took Stefan to court. She has now successfully sued her partner of 19 years and the family company that owned the pub for unfair and wrongful dismissal, unauthorised pay deductions and victimisation. She has been awarded £9,676 in compensation.
![[The pub they ran together lies in the heart of the Peak District]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/msemail_2jpg-JS959765907.jpg?strip=all&w=562)
The tribunal, held in Manchester, heard that Mrs Herling started working part-time behind the bar at The Beehive Inn in Combs, Derbs, in 2003. The pub, nestled in the heart of the Peak District, boasts "beautiful views" and a "friendly and welcoming atmosphere".
It offers a menu made from local produce along with a farm shop on site selling goods from nearby farms. Mrs Herling "pursued her claim against what has been the family business, centred on a very successful pub in which [she] used to work, and also against her estranged husband," the tribunal heard.
