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Council finance chief's 'racy' samba photo of a naked black woman was racial harassment, a tribunal rules, as the sacked black lawyer who complained wins just £4,817

Rochelle Tapping, Peterborough City Council's first black Monitoring Officer, won just £4,817.67 after a tribunal dismissed 41 of her 43 racial harassment complaints.
Rochelle Tapping, Peterborough City Council's first black Monitoring Officer, won just £4,817.67 after a tribunal dismissed 41 of her 43 racial harassment complaints.
Peterborough City Council, where finance chief Andrew Booth told investigators he had nothing to apologise about as "they were in the wrong.
Peterborough City Council, where finance chief Andrew Booth told investigators he had nothing to apologise about as "they were in the wrong.

Rochelle Tapping, Peterborough City Council's first black Monitoring Officer, has won just £4,817.67 after an employment tribunal threw out 41 of her 43 racial harassment complaints.

Gladstone's question was ruled 'effectively a slip of the tongue', but he never corrected himself at the time.

Booth told investigators: 'I had nothing to apologise about as they were in the wrong.'

Psychiatric injury claims failed, with her anxiety traced mainly to her dismissal and an unfounded belief in ongoing discrimination.

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