Stress And Diabetes

Carlisle man sacked for mimicking Scottish accent

Matthew Langley, 28, who lost his job as manager of the Southwaite M6 services branch of Ladbrokes following the incident in September last year, told a tribunal that he may have unintentionally imitated the man’s accent.

But he went on to tell the tribunal that he suffers from diabetes and the stress of the situation may have triggered an attack of low blood sugar which affected his behaviour.

Mr Langley, of Edward Street, off London Road, has taken his former employers to an employment tribunal claiming he was a victim of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination.

At the hearing, he recalled being at the Southwaite bookmakers on September 29 last year when a customer called Kenny McDonald came in and complained about a betting tip which came to nothing, presumably given by a colleague at the shop, said Mr Langley.

The customer, who was Scottish, then bet £50 on a horse and bought a scratch card.

His horse having won, Mr McDonald returned to the counter to collect his £150 winnings and asked for a second scratch card. Mr Langley said he refused because it was company policy that customers can buy only one per day.

Mr Langley said he explained the rule was printed on the back of the scratch card. The customer argued, saying the rule was not explained on a promotional board in the shop and he became aggressive, said Mr Langley.

“I felt very stressed, frightened, and humiliated as other customers were watching,” said Mr Langley. “I suddenly felt my blood sugar and adrenalin being affected.”

A short time later, as Mr Langley was dealing with other customers, Mr McDonald placed another £40 bet on a horse called Crazy Lady, which won.

But the till failed to register that the race had already started. After the race, the till displayed the message: “Return customers’ stake,” and confirmed that the bet was invalid because it was placed 13 seconds after the race began.

When told this, said Mr Langley, Mr McDonald said: “I don’t ****** believe this.”

Mr Langley said the customer offered to “take him” outside. “It was extremely frightening,” he said.

The customer then asked him to rewind the “screens,” possibly meaning the shop’s CCTV cameras and Mr Langley said he repeated Mr McDonald’s words, unintentionally mimicking his accent.

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