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Compensation set for French porter dubbed 'Basil Fawlty'

16 March 2012 10:24 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »

A French porter is to receive a five-figure payout after his former colleagues kept calling him names including 'Basil Fawlty' and 'Inspector Clouseau'. Appadoure Basile successfully sued his ex-employer, the Royal College of General Practitioners, for sexual harassment and sex discrimination. Other names he was called include 'Basil Brush', 'French w***er' and 'French t***er'. Furthermore, his ex-manager Nicholas Rogers - who was also found guilty - would apparently make "sexual hand gestures" at him or start the day by asking: "How's it hanging?" The court came to the conclusion that 'Inspector Clouseau' was a (more) »

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