AN appeal to reinstate a senior firefighter allegedly involved in a hoax phone call scandal should reach the Home Office by the end of next month.
The Fire Brigade Union is currently compiling its case which claims sub-officer Malcolm Pye, of Pioneer Street, Horwich, should get his job back because he was not involved in any wrongdoing.
He was given three months to leave the fire service last August after being found guilty of "corrupt or improper practice" at a brigade tribunal.
It was alleged he made a bogus call so he could claim the call-out allowance. His appeal against the decision was dismissed earlier this year.
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