Patrick Grady's victim says 'bullying' within SNP after speaking out was worse than shamed MP's advances

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An SNP worker has revealed his life was made a “living hell” and his mental health “destroyed” by sex pest MP Patrick Grady.

The victim, who was 19 at the time, urged the former Nationalist chief whip to stand down from Parliament. He also said the silent treatment and “bullying” he faced inside the SNP after he came forward was worse than Grady’s sexual advances.The office employee said: “I thought the SNP was a party of equality but after working in Westminster for six or seven years now I can see now that they’re not any different.”The man, who still works for the SNP at Westminster, had accused Grady, 42, the MP for Glasgow North, of sexually harassing him at the Water Poet pub in London in October 2016.Westminster authorities yesterday found Grady, who stepped aside as chief whip when the Record first revealed the claims, guilty of sexual misconduct by touching and stroking his neck, hair and back.In an exclusive interview, the 25-year-old, who can’t be named to protect his identity, said he felt “vindicated” by the finding – but blasted the punishment of a two-day suspension from Westminster and hit out at the MP’s apology in the Commons.He said: “I’m bitterly disappointed at such a lenient sanction.

It is not only devastating to me but also to other victims of sexual harassment.“He needs to stand down as he is not fit to be an MP.

I’m shocked I will have to go back to work with him. I don’t accept his apology.”The man said he landed a “dream job” with the SNP when he moved to London as a teenager but said the harassment shattered him.He originally complained to the SNP but after believing it would go nowhere, he withdrew his claims and lodged them in Westminster’s complaints system last year.He said after making