South African steelworker, 35, wins £54,000 in compensation after his British colleagues bombarded him with horrific racial abuse - even though he is white.
South African Wayne Hoch, 35, was driven to mental collapse after being taunted over his South African nationality by colleagues at UK firm Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd.
A steelworker who was mocked in vile Snapchat images has won a massive payout for racial abuse — even though he is white.
Wayne Hoch, 35, was driven to mental collapse after being taunted over his South African nationality by colleagues at UK firm Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd.
A tribunal awarded him more than £54,000 over the abuse - in which he was branded a 'n****r', 'immigrant' and a 'foreign c***'.
One worker posted a Snapchat image of Mr Hoch's head superimposed onto the body of a starving black child with the words: 'Donate £1 a month to save this poor child'.
And another mocked-up image of him next to a black African woman carrying a child, read: 'Congratulations Wayne on the newborn'.
Mr Hoch today said he was left suicidal over the abuse at the Cumbria-based firm.
His boss, company co-director Thor Atkinson, claimed the taunts were just 'office banter'.
Mr Hoch, who worked as a buyer from 2014 until resigning in 2018, said: 'They degraded me, humiliated me and left me depressed and anxious.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...irm-Thor-Atkinson-Steel-Fabrications-Ltd.html
- Wayne Hoch was driven to a breakdown after being taunted for being S African
- Called a 'n*****' and 'foreign c***' by Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications colleagues
- He was also bombarded with edited Snapchat pictures of him and black women
South African Wayne Hoch, 35, was driven to mental collapse after being taunted over his South African nationality by colleagues at UK firm Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd.
A steelworker who was mocked in vile Snapchat images has won a massive payout for racial abuse — even though he is white.
Wayne Hoch, 35, was driven to mental collapse after being taunted over his South African nationality by colleagues at UK firm Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd.
A tribunal awarded him more than £54,000 over the abuse - in which he was branded a 'n****r', 'immigrant' and a 'foreign c***'.
One worker posted a Snapchat image of Mr Hoch's head superimposed onto the body of a starving black child with the words: 'Donate £1 a month to save this poor child'.
And another mocked-up image of him next to a black African woman carrying a child, read: 'Congratulations Wayne on the newborn'.
Mr Hoch today said he was left suicidal over the abuse at the Cumbria-based firm.
His boss, company co-director Thor Atkinson, claimed the taunts were just 'office banter'.
Mr Hoch, who worked as a buyer from 2014 until resigning in 2018, said: 'They degraded me, humiliated me and left me depressed and anxious.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...irm-Thor-Atkinson-Steel-Fabrications-Ltd.html