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Telegraph
22 minutes ago
- Telegraph
My ADHD made me sleep in sauna on work trip, says sacked female exec
A drunk female executive who claimed she was sacked for spending the night in a hotel sauna during a work trip was discriminated against over her ADHD, a tribunal has ruled. Shannon Burns said her condition made her experience a 'great deal of forgetfulness' which resulted in her spending the night outside her suite when she misplaced her room key. The engineer, who was on £220,000 a year, was dismissed for her behaviour at the off-site event in Austria in April 2023 despite her claims that male colleagues were 'far more intoxicated' than her and faced no punishment. She was told her antics had 'eroded trust and confidence' in her and that she should 'lead the team by example' as a senior employee at the software company. Ms Burns, an American, is now in line for compensation after successfully suing for discrimination with a judge ruling that she experienced a 'great deal of forgetfulness' as a result of her ADHD. Employment Judge Rachel Wedderspoon said that while Ms Burns had been intoxicated, being 'disorganised' is a feature of the condition and contributed to her misplacing her keys that evening. The tribunal heard Ms Burns was headhunted for a senior role at Gitpod, which she took with the promise of a six-figure salary plus an equity package potentially worth more than £30 million. 'Tech bro' culture She claimed she was the victim of sex discrimination and complained of the rampant 'tech bro' culture at the 'male-dominated' firm that hired her. But the judge rejected this and said that her dismissal had nothing to do with her gender and was instead down to the fact that she displayed 'a lack of professionalism'. The employment tribunal, held in Birmingham, was told that Ms Burns, who has dyslexia, was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 2015. It was heard that the condition caused her to experience a 'great deal of forgetfulness' and she would 'persistently' lose items such as her keys and phone. 'Disorganised and forgetful' Upholding her disability discrimination claims, Judge Wedderspoon said: '[Ms Burns] had consumed quite a lot of alcohol on one night of the offsite when she got locked out of her room. 'However, being disorganised and forgetful may be features of ADHD. 'The tribunal found that losing her keys on the first occasion and being locked out was likely to be something arising from her forgetfulness, a feature of [Ms Burns'] ADHD. 'However, drinking alcohol is likely to have played a part of being locked out later in the evening... 'Insofar as [Ms Burns] was criticised for being locked out in the evening the tribunal finds that this was likely in part to be as a result of the combination of her alcohol consumption and her forgetfulness which is something arising from her disability of ADHD.' Her claims of sex discrimination were dismissed and the judge said Ms Burns was not dismissed for being drunk and was instead sacked 'in part for her behaviours by reason of being drunk'. The judge added: 'She displayed a lack of professionalism namely lack of executive presence as a vice-president. That had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that [Ms Burns] is a woman.'
Daily Mail
37 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Man tells court how he found out his date was transgender after she performed sex act on him
A man felt like his 'manhood was taken away' after finding out his date was transgender, a court heard. Ciara Watkin, 21, is standing trial accused of sexual assaulting a man after allegedly hiding her male genitalia from him. Teesside Crown Court heard how Watkin performed sex acts on the man at her home in Thornaby, North Yorkshire, after exchanging flirty messages on Snapchat. In a police interview played in court, the alleged victim said: 'All the way throughout she made out she was fully a girl.' He added: 'We were drinking. We sat there for a while just chatting. We decided to go into the bedroom which is when everything happened.' 'Throughout the full time, she was telling me she was on her period. It was like as far as I was concerned she was a female.' Giving evidence, he said that Watkin had asked him to come into the bathroom when using the toilet and asked for the light to be switched off so it was 'pitch black'. The jury heard that Watkin had moved his hand from the defendant's breast and thigh. He continued: 'It makes me feel like it's taken away my manhood. I see it as something that upsets m 'I'm just trying to hide my emotions. At first I did just have an emotional breakdown.' Victoria Lamballe, defending Watkin, said she has not had gendder reassignment surgery and had stuffed clothing inside of their bra. The court heard that it was some time after the pair met that Watkin told him over the phone about being transgender. In his police interview, he told officers: 'That's when she went and told me she was transgender but obviously still has a penis. I was shocked. If I knew she had a penis I wouldn't have got with her.' He told officers he 'didn't swing that way'. Ms Lamballe asked the man: 'Is it really your position that at no point in the course of these hours that it never occurred to you that she may not be female?' 'I thought she was a female,' he responded. Paul Reid, prosecuting, told jurors that when Watkin was arrested, she told officers: 'Me and him had sex without me telling him I was a boy. When I let him know I was a different gender, he didn't like it.' 'She agreed that sexual activity had taken place,' Mr Reid said, outlining the prosecution's case. At a previous hearing Mr Reid said Watkin pretended to be on a period so that the man would not touch below the defendant's waist. The prosecutor then told the jury that Watkin later contacted her date to reveal 'a massive secret.' Messages sent between the two were read out to the jury. When the alleged victim asked if the secret was that she was pregnant, Watkin replied: 'I'm trans. I'm sorry I didn't tell you.' The man messaged: 'WTF. So you have a d***?' before repeating his question. Watkin added: 'That's why I haven't s****** you.' The court heard that Watkin's Snapchat profile used a female cartoon avatar and that there had been no discussion about sexuality or gender. Watkin denies two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual assault by penetration. The trial continues.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Lucy Connolly should never have been imprisoned. She has become a symbol of the silent majority who will be silent no more: SARAH VINE
Lucy Connolly's early release from jail is a travesty. Because she should never have been imprisoned in the first place. There are far more dangerous, nasty and genuinely hateful people walking the streets of Britain than this young mother who allowed her emotions to get the better of her in the heat of the moment and said some things she ought not have said.
