![]() In the panel's ruling he said: “The claimant has asserted that it would not be reasonable to condemn his participation in that matter because he was the victim of involuntary intoxication. We find that the claimant sought to avoid the scrutiny on his activities by trying to put the blame on others by saying he had been drugged."Įmployment Judge Self slammed the driver's claims as a "smoke screen" because he was ashamed at getting caught. On top of that, he was ordered to pay legal costs to the tune of £7,500 to the firm, named only as 'M Limited’.Įmployment Judge Gary Self said in the ruling: "The claimant pursued a case which was genuinely hopeless and which he could not reasonably have expected to win. The driver however claimed he also went to the woman's house after the bus incident and was sexually assaulted when his coffee was spiked.ĭespite the evidence mounted against him, the bus driver, who was off-duty at the time of the incident, launched an unfair dismissal claim against his employer and sued his company for race and marriage discrimination.Ī hearing at Croydon Employment Tribunal in South London was held over three days, but the driver was told his case had no merit as he was only trying to shift the blame from himself. Later in the day after his shift finished, he went to a pub with the female passenger before returning to the bus to carry out the sex acts. He claimed he was only scrolling through pictures to show an angry passenger photos of his children, but the panel rejected this as an outlandish excuse. ![]() ![]() When his bus was examined, it was also discovered the driver damaged the wing mirror when he hit a tree while looking at his phone behind the wheel. When depot managers questioned him about the incident two months later, he told his manager: "I knew this would come back and bite me, I thought the CCTV would be deleted by now." The bus driver's case against his employer was completely torn up by the judge (Image: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)ĬCTV caught 'L' with his arm around the woman as they went upstairs, before they started kissing and engaged in oral sex. ![]()
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