Former Exertis salesman seeking record £6.6m in damages after being racially bullied by colleagues

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Co-workers labelled Kieran Sidhu an ‘Arab shoebomber’ and he was asked how it felt to be ‘the only ethnic on the team’

A former Exertis salesman is seeking a record £6.6m in damages after suffering a litany of racist bullying by ex-colleagues which forced him to quit. Kieran Sidhu, who is of Sikh religion, worke...

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