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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
George Lithgow

Apprentice sacked for threatening colleague who ‘poked holes in his sandwiches’

Someone opened Brooklyn Forrester-Hayes’s sandwich box and poked finger-sized holes through the sandwiches, the tribunal heard (Craig Robertson/PA) - (PA Media)

A garage apprentice who threatened a colleague he thought had pranked him by “smashing his crisps” and poking “finger-sized holes through his sandwiches” was not unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Brooklyn Forrester-Hayes, 21, accused his fellow apprentice of “tampering with his lunch”, telling him he would mess up his toolbox and damage his bike unless he owned up, the tribunal was told.

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