Administrator Wins Sexual Harassment Claim [14th May 2012]
A woman who worked as an administrator for a doctor has been awarded more than £45,000 in compensation after it was found she was subjected to unwanted sexual advances from her boss. Vanessa Turley worked at the private St Lukes hospital in South Wales where her boss, Dr Chuma Igbokwe had exposed himself to her and asked her to perform a sexual act on him. She said she was terrified and did not want to go to work after the incident. She was then dismissed which was found by the tribunal to be unfair due to sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. Mrs Turley has said that she has been unable to eat or sleep due to the humiliation, victimisation and harassment she was subjected to. In addition her marriage nearly broke apart. She has not worked since losing her job. She received the top level of compensation because of the seriousness of this case. Related Stories: Administrator awarded compensation for boss' sexual advances - www.walesonline.co.uk The former chairman of the Parole Board has stated that their may be an increased risk of compensation claims and jail disturbances due to the the current delays in assessing inmates for release. In fact, he points out that the Parole Board needs extra funds to speed up the time it takes for these types of decisions to be made. Sir David Latham made the comments to the BBC in his first interview since leaving his job earlier this year. He said that the Parole Board was severely overstretched and that more problems are likely to occur leading to people being released unsafely. It is thought that the Parole Board will deal with more than 26,000 release decisions by April 2013 - 4,000 more than this year. He points out that the problem is driven by the number of indeterminate sentences being handed out. These prisoners have to be reviewed before they can be released. Latham says that more money need to be provided to deal with the increases in these cases. He says that the European Convention for Human Rights states that a person should be considered for release within a proper time limit. Related Stories: Warning over prison release delay - www.bbc.co.uk A man who was 'tortured' by having his arms twisted by the police while he was in custody has been awarded just £100 in compensation after the officers involved were convicted of common assault and given fines. It was discovered that the officers had twisted the arms of David healer in order to get him to answer their questions. The independent Police Complaints Commission have stated that they believe the twisting was a form of torture and Mr Healer stated that he thought he was going to die due to his recent problems with angina. The officers involved said that they felt they had used reasonable restraint methods with Mr healer who had been arrested on police officer assault charges. Mr healer has said that he will be pursuing a claim for further compensation due to an injury to his spine he says he received during the incident. Related Stories: Twisted arm of the law - www.dailymail.co.uk A former police officer is suing Scotland Yard after he was forced to resign amid claims he was a terrorist who had trained at a Pakistani training camp in 2001. Abdul Rahman denied the allegation, but was nevertheless claimed to be the first ever British police officer to have failed an MI5 counter-terrorism check. Rahman is asking for compensation due to the fact he has never been arrested or even questioned in relation to a terrorism investigation. He agrees that the did visit Pakistan during 2001, but his father claims that he is a devout Muslim and that this fact made his fellow officers uneasy. Related Stories: Former UK cop sues over terror suspicion - www.upi.com  |
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