E-mail from HMRC employee Elaine Thompson, dated 27 November 2007, claiming HMRC whistle blower Andi Ali came in at around 7.10am the previous morning and made a finger gun at her after saying there was something about this place that makes you want to come in and shoot people up, bang bang bang. This e-mail was sent a day before Mr Ali was due to appear before an Employment Tribunal hearing after raising concerns of corruption within HMRC. (At an Employment hearing shortly afterwards, HMRC Solicitor, Ian Painter, admitted that Miss Thompson had lied about Mr Ali after CCTV evidence showed Mr Ali was downstairs having his bag checked by security guards at the very time she claimed he made the above comments). Ian Painter also admitted she had lied because she had been asked to so by her Senior Manager, Debbie Urquhart- Cannon in order to discredit Mr Ali before the employment tribunal.