A City executive suing her boss for discrimination alleged today that he had tried to kill her.

Jordan Wimmer claimed she remained so frightened that she still wedges her door shut with chairs at night.

A hearing in central London heard that Ms Wimmer called the police after being followed by a man on the Kings Road on May 9 this year who, she alleged, resembled her boss, Mark Lowe.

Ms Wimmer accuses Mr Lowe of humiliating her at a Mayfair investment firm. The Central London Employment Tribunal has already heard that Ms Wimmer, a Canadian who lives in Chelsea, joined the company in 2004 on a salary of £50,000 which rose to over £500,000 over four years.

The tribunal heard today that notes of a conversation she had had with a doctor showed that Ms Wimmer claimed that a man who looked like Mr Lowe drove a car at her.

Elizabeth Melville, representing Mr Lowe, read part of a doctor’s note which said "her boss had always said he knew lots of Russians and could get rid of people in a heartbeat".

Ms Melville said: "Is it your belief Mr Lowe was trying to get a hit man or member of his family to kill you?"

Ms Wimmer replied: "Yes."

Asked if she thought her claims were the product of "an overactive imagination", Ms Wimmer said: "No I don’t. If you knew your client you would understand."

Ms Wimmer told the hearing she was still afraid of Mr Lowe. She said: "Yes, I sleep with chairs on my door every night, and yes, when I have a car that’s coming at me six times, swerving at me, and I have to run into a restaurant and dial 999, with a man identical to Mr Lowe sitting in the front seat, yes, I think my life is in danger."

Miss Wimmer’s witness statement had said that between January and March 2008 she had showed symptoms of depression and was suffering from exhaustion brought on by overwork and harassment.

Mr Lowe’s barrister read a section from Ms Wimmer’s e-mail diary from January 2008 which showed she had a holiday in the Caribbean and Canada, had been out for drinks with friends on several nights, and had held a birthday party.

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