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Alex Bousfield

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 3, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Alex Bousfield

    Estate agent forced out of job after maternity leave wins £48,000 compensation (opens the original)

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    An estate agent who was forced out of her job after not meeting her targets when returning from maternity leave has won almost £48,000 in compensation. Murron Stewart, who was considered to be a 'strong performer', was told after her maternity leave that she needed to meet the full-time work targets after reducing her hours at Purplebricks, a tribunal heard. The single mother was not contacted by the company throughout her entire maternity leave, and there was no discussion about how it was bes

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Alex Bousfield

    Luxury hotel employee wins £200k after being made to work in cupboard (opens the original)

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    A worker at a luxury five-star hotel has been awarded more than £200,000 after she was made to handle the company’s payroll from inside a cupboard. An employment tribunal heard that Roberta Ghiotto, who has ADHD, was told to complete a three-day payroll task "under pressure" without any prior training. She was told to do the work from inside a cupboard after finding it difficult to concentrate in the busy office. She was left "crying" after being informed that she would not be able to pass he

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Alex Bousfield

    Bristol osteopath struck off after telling patient that ‘sex with children is OK’ (opens the original)

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    An osteopath who told a patient “it’s OK to have sex with children as long as they have hit puberty” has been struck off. Jeremy Marquette, who worked at Toward Health Clinic in Bristol, started a sexual relationship with one of his patients while continuing to treat her, a tribunal found. Mr Marquette knew that the woman had a history of mental illness and previous sexual trauma, it found. He also made a series of “wholly inappropriate” comments to patients related to sex, including t

  4. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Alex Bousfield

    Architect struck off after threatening to kill client’s five-year-old daughter (opens the original)

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    An architect has been struck off after subjecting his former clients to a months-long campaign of “harassment, abuse and threats” over construction blunders at a new clinic project. Joan Beltri even said that he was “so angry” with Dr James Escoda-Francoli and Carolina Sampietro that he would kill them and their five-year-old daughter. The married couple hired Mr Beltri to work on their beauty clinic in the cathedral city of Winchester. However, the architect, who first registered in the

  5. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Alex Bousfield

    NHS nurse fled to home country after being accused of raping patient, tribunal told (opens the original)

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    A Romanian nurse fled to his home country after being accused of raping a patient at an NHS hospital during his night shift, a tribunal heard. Ioan Fechete faced sexual assault and rape charges in Britain after he allegedly attacked a 'vulnerable' woman when she was admitted to hospital. The 47-year-old 'abused his power' by exposing himself to the patient in hospital and 'pressurised' her to perform a sex act on him while he was looking after her, it was heard. Then Fechete is said to have insi

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