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BMW bosses unfairly dismissed disabled worker after spying on him
A disabled BMW worker was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed after bosses authorised covert surveillance on him, believing he was exaggerating his back pain, a tribunal has found. Mohamed Kerita, who worked in the firm's manufacturing factory, suffered with back pain from 2017, the tribunal in Reading heard. In March 2023, a physiotherapist emailed the absence manager Richard Darvill to say that Kerita had been signed off work by his GP for two months. The physiotherapist said he could not explain the level of pain Kerita was experiencing and why he remained unfit for work, the tribunal heard. Darvill and the HR manager Akhil Patel instructed the security firm G4S to carry out surveillance of the claimant, which the employment judge, Emma Jane Hawksworth, said was a 'highly unusual step'. A G4S surveillance operative followed Kerita and filmed him from behind walking about three miles in about one and a half hours, even though the claimant never said he could not walk, the tribunal heard. In a report, they said that there was 'no indication whatsoever that the claimant had lower back, leg or shoulder pain or was experiencing sickness or dizziness', despite not filming Kerita's face. Darvill later approached a senior manager to get more funding for further surveillance to ensure a 'robust outcome', the tribunal heard. In May 2023, Kerita was dismissed for gross misconduct, including a fraudulent claim of company sick pay and unacceptable levels of absence. During a disciplinary meeting, he had said that he was in the wrong area and needed light duties but his managers told him there were none and sent him home, the tribunal heard. The tribunal found that Kerita's back pain met the definition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010. Judge Hawksworth said it could be inferred that managers 'had a level of distrust or hostility towards associates with back conditions, and were unwilling to take their word for it that they had a back problem, or were quick to conclude that a person with a back condition was not being honest about their symptoms'. The judge added: 'We have found that the respondent made assumptions about what the claimant had told them about his ability to walk and about the G4S surveillance film.' Kerita's claims of failure to make reasonable adjustments, disability discrimination and unfair dismissal succeeded.
The Independent
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Former Olympian Mary Lou Retton's DUI arrest revealed in bodycam footage
Bodycam footage captures former Olympian Mary Lou Retton being arrested for a DUI in May. Footage from Fairmont City Police Department, which was first obtained by Entertainment Tonight and released on Tuesday (8 July), shows the 57-year-old exclaiming 'oh my god' as she is arrested. Ms Retton said 'are you kidding me?', before telling a friend 'they think I'm drunk!' as she is handcuffed. Prior to her arrest, the five-time Olympic medalist can be seen trying and struggling to perform sobriety tests for an officer. On May 17, she was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs'.
BBC News
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South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol rearrested
South Korea's former president has been rearrested over last year's failed martial law bid that plunged the country into political turmoil. Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached in April over the order, which saw military rule introduced for six-hours in December. A senior judge at Seoul's Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Yoon on Wednesday, citing fears he could destroy who was the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, faces trial on charges of leading an insurrection over his attempt to impose martial law. During Wednesday's seven-hour hearing, a special counsel team argued for the arrest warrant on five key charges, South Korean news agency Yonhap charges include Yoon's alleged violation of the rights of cabinet members by not inviting some of them to a meeting before he declared martial initially attended the hearing alongside his lawyers to deny the charges, before being taken to Seoul Detention Center to await a decision on an arrest was first arrested in January following a lengthy stand-off, with investigators scaling barricades and cutting through barbed wire to take him into custody from his residence in central Seoul. Yoon was released two months later after a court overturned his arrest on technical grounds, but still faces found guilty, he could face life in prison or the death have reportedly found evidence that Yoon ordered military drones to be flown over North Korea to provoke a reaction that would justify his martial law declaration, according to reports. Other senior officials also face charges including insurrection and abuse of authority over the martial law is one of a small number of criminal charges from which South Korean presidents do not have immunity, but now Yoon is no longer president he is open to other criminal Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, was elected in June following a snap election after Yoon's campaigned on the promise to strengthen the country's democracy following the crisis and appointed a special counsel team to investigate Yoon over the imposition of martial-law, as well as other criminal allegations surrounding his administration.
