An Asian postman, Mahmood Siddiqui, suffered a 4-year campaign of racial abuse before taking sick leave and eventually retiring through ill health in 2002. Following his tribunal hearing in 2004, he was awarded total compensation of £180,000 made up of:

The tribunal ruled that Siddiqui was subjected to a ‘vicious campaign aimed at removing him from the shift’. The abuse included offensive graffiti, threats to burn him, damage to his car, and threats to his wife and children. Despite repeated complaints, management took no action and, in fact, his immediate manager gave ‘tacit support’ to the campaign. It was only when a hidden camera was put in place recording specific racial abuse from colleagues, that action was taken to stop the campaign.