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Daily Mirror
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Graeme Murray

Man wins £90k after he's sacked over urine sample because he was too shy to wee

A rail inspector has won £90,000 after he was sacked for failing to provide a urine sample for a drugs test because he had a medical condition that meant he was too shy to wee.

Railwayman Lewis Smith suffered from 'shy bladder syndrome' which left him too nervous to go to the loo when Network Rail called him in for the random check.

He pleaded that he wasn't trying to dodge it and even offered to carry out a blood test - but still he was fired for refusing to take part.

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