Overview

• Station Manager John Linden was fired after a 2023 confrontation with YouTuber Jimmy Evans at Hardings Pit in King’s Lynn that was captured on video.
• Employment Judge Spencer upheld Linden’s unfair dismissal claim on procedural grounds and rejected his claims of discrimination, breach of contract and failure to make reasonable adjustments.
• The ruling cited troubling steps in the inquiry, including an email from Norfolk’s chief fire officer telling investigators not to interview key witnesses such as Evans.
• Norfolk Fire Service dismissed Linden for misconduct after footage appeared to show him taking Evans’s phone and throwing it over a hedge.
• Evans later received a replacement phone from the service, and no remedy for Linden has been reported following the tribunal decision.