Police ordered to pay £450,000 in discrimination case

A policeman who was victimised by fellow officers because of his ethnicity has won £457,664 in compensation from Cleveland Police.

Last year a tribunal found that firearms officer Nadeem Saddique had been discriminated against. Cleveland Police agreed to help him return to work. However, Mr Saddique will retire next month on grounds of ill health,  stating that the compensation would cover loss of earnings and cost of retraining, as well as compensate for the ill health he and his family  suffered as a result of his treatment.

Among several allegations, the tribunal was told that Mr Saddique’s superiors were heard plotting to force him out of the firearms department. The panel concluded "the majority of his claims were well founded".

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