DISFIGURED MAN REFUSED COFFEE 'DUE TO HIS FACE'

Amit Ghose says barista told him they weren't serving anymore and then just walked away at coffee shop

- ELLIE FAWCETT News Reporter

A BIRMINGHAM man with a facial disfigurement says he was refused service in a cafe after customers stared at him like they had "seen a ghost".

Amit Ghose has a genetic condition called Neurofibromatosis Type 1, which causes benign tumours to grow on his nerves.

The 35-year-old was visiting his sister Shilu Sen in Wood Green, London, last month when they went out for a coffee.

When he entered a cafe he says he noticed people were looking at him "like they'd seen a ghost".

As Amit ordered a drink, he says he was told by staff that they were "no longer serving".

Amit, an author and motivational speaker, said: "We, as people with visible differences, face this discrimination time and time again.