Manchester United securi manchester united keeper kit ty guard sacked for watching TV in Old Trafford director's box
A MAN United security guard was sacked for watching TV in an Old Trafford director’s box.
Tayo Otokiti was also seen asleep in the control room, a tribunal heard.
The dad of three, in his 40s, had been moved to th every manchester united jersey e stadium after he got a misconduct warning for watching telly in a coach’s office at the club’s training ground.
Nigeria-born Otokiti, sacked for gross misconduct, sued his bosses at Controlled Solution Group for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal.
He told a Manchester tribunal he had been on a break and was entitled to sit down and that his colleagues colluded because of his ethnicity.
But employment judge Jennifer Ainscough said: “The claimant would have known from the warning he received at CaLatvia National Team Jerseysrrington that watching television in a restricted area was grounds for dismissal.”
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She added: "Any reasonable person would know that the east stand, was a restricted area in light of the fact that it was known as the 'tower of power' because it contained the directors’ offices and the executive boxes.
''At the very least, the claimant knew it was not a place to watch television whilst onCroatia National Team Jerseys duty.
"The claimant had a mistaken view that, out of season, the importance of the east stand was downgraded in seeking to justify his conduct.
"A mistaken view, however, is no defence when a previous warning set out clearly that watching television in manchester united junior kit ronaldo any restricted area was forbidden.
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