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May 15, 2007
Quickie Link: Lesbian Nurses Win Sacking Payout
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By vanrozenheim
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(UK) - Two lesbian nurses have won a six-figure compensation claim after they were sacked because of their sexuality, it has emerged. Margaret Durman and Penny Smith were dismissed from a Cornish care centre because of an unfounded complaint they allowed residents to be abused. They won their case for sexual orientation discrimination at a tribunal last year. Last month care home owner Barchester Healthcare lost its appeal. Ms Durman and Ms Smith, from Kelly Bray, Cornwall, were sacked in 2005 from Kernow House in Launceston, following an internal inquiry by Barchester Healthcare.
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