This week an employment tribunal published its decision on a Colchester United charity worker's dismissal.
The tribunal ruled Mark Harris had been ‘victimised’ by being dismissed, and found the real reason behind his dismissal was because he had helped a former colleague during her own grievance meeting with the football club’s charity.
Another hearing will take place to determine how much compensation Mr Harris is owed.
The report found Robbie Cowling told police he had been headbutted by Mark Harris, but CCTV suggested he had most likely been barged into “stomach first” during the incident.
The confrontation came following a long-running issue regarding Mr Harris’ dismissal from Colchester United’s charity, Football in the Community, back in April 2019.
His role was deemed to be no longer viable after a training programme he was organising was stopped.
It was alleged Mr Cowling called Mr Harris a “f****** c***” in the exchange of words.
The tribunal found “without difficulty” Mr Cowling had likely used the offensive phrase.
Here is the report in full.
Colchester United was contacted for comment.
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