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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

Greene King pays damages after Irish Travellers refused service at pub

The group had been planning to watch Tyson Fury’s  heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte in a north-east London pub in April.
The group had been planning to watch Tyson Fury’s heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte in a north-east London pub in April. Photograph: Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc/Top Rank/Getty Images

The pub chain Greene King has paid thousands of pounds in compensation and apologised after admitting that 12 people were removed from one of its venues for being Irish Travellers.

The pubgoers were planning to watch the “Gypsy King” Tyson Fury’s WBC world heavyweight bout against Dillian Whyte in a north-east London pub in April. But the six members of the party who arrived first were told to leave, and the others not to bother turning up, because they would not be served.

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