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Flora Thompson

Probation worker subjected to monkey chants wins payout

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A probation officer who quit his job after being subjected to monkey chants and racial abuse has won a payout.

Lloyd Odain said he felt “ignored and isolated” because a complaint he made to his bosses alleging racial discrimination in the wake of incidents at HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) offices in Reading, Berkshire, in 2019 was “swept under the carpet”.

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