An Australian community warden who
claimed he was racially abused by colleagues who constantly greeted him
with ‘G’day Sport’ is taking his case to the European Court of Human
Rights.
Geoff Stephens, who
has been in the UK for 27 years after coming over from Australia when he
was 22 years old, claimed he suffered a barrage of abuse from
co-workers for being Australian.
The
49-year-old worked as a community warden battling anti-social behaviour
in Dymchurch, Kent, for six years until he quit with depression in
2010.

Geoff Stephens - pictured with a Skippy plate in the background - claims he suffered abuse from co-workers for being Australian
He said that fellow wardens constantly greeted him with ‘G’day Sport’, ‘Is your girlfriend called Sheila?’ and made jokes about kangaroos and asked him to ‘Throw another shrimp on the barbie’.
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