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Facial disfigurement: 'Restaurant asked me to leave over condition' (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20203174

A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant in south London because staff said he was "scaring the customers".

Oliver Bromley has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.

Speaking to the BBC, he said when he had gone to place an order at a restaurant in Camberwell, staff told him there had been complaints about him.

"It's a horrible thing to happen. I took it very personally on the day," he said.

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[–] BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He said they had told him that although it was a hate crime, it was "unlikely" officers could pursue it further.

Next sentence:

The Met confirmed to the BBC that officers had visited Mr Bromley about the incident and that although no arrests had been made, the force took "reports of hate crime seriously".

Pick one.

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's both. First before public repercussion, Second after...

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

He's lucky they could be arsed with writing it down.