Gay worker wins workplace sexual harassment case

A gay airport security guard could win up to £30,000 in compensation after a woman colleague sexually harassed him by pestering him for sex.

Allwyn Rondeau, 46, made it clear to Lucy Chilton that he was homosexual and not interested after she told his supervisor that she fancied him.

But Miss Chilton, 42, persistently tried to seduce him with inappropriate behaviour and mocked his sexuality.

Mr Rondeau was forced to complain after they argued and Chilton reported him for allegedly grabbing her from behind. He said: "It shocked and appalled me."

He made a counter-claim but was suspended in January 2007 until her claims were rejected by their firm G4S.

Mr Rondeau, of Feltham, South West London, has not returned to work since due to anxiety and depression.

Miss Chilton, of Staines, Surrey, denied harassing him but the Reading tribunal found she had "acted in a similar way towards other men." An employment lawyer from Equal Justice said he could be awarded up to £30,000.

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