Sacked West Midlands Fire Service chief vows not to be 'silenced and bullied' over time in charge
The former chief executive of West Midlands Fire Service has vowed not to be "silenced and bullied" over his nine months in charge of the beleaguered organisation.
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Oliver Lee OBE was fired at the end of last week's chaotic fire authority meeting having withdrawn his resignation after the authority chairman, Wolverhampton Councillor Greg Brackenridge, also stepped down.
A Home Office-backed review by HM Fire and Rescue Inspectorate into the long-running leadership issues in the fire service and authority is set to report its findings in two months.
However, this week Mr Lee OBE alleged lawyers had told him to keep quiet about his term as interim fire chief after the death of his predecessor Wayne Brown in January.
Posting on LinkedIn on Friday, he said: "I find myself besieged by an army of very expensive lawyers and auditors, all trying to pick holes in my tenure as chief executive of West Midlands Fire Service. I neither have lawyers (other than friends who kindly help) nor auditors.
"The protectionist efforts at revisionist history are beyond astonishing.
