Met officer loses discrimination case over being called 'numpty'

A long-serving Metropolitan police sergeant has failed in his attempt to sue the force for discrimination because a more senior officer called him a "numpty".

- Jamie Grierson

Sonny Kalar, who was with the Met for 30 years, said he was offended when Ch Insp Marlise Davies twice called him a "numpty", an employment tribunal heard.

But the employment judge Richard Nicolle, sitting at London Central employment tribunal, said Davies had used the term in a "lighthearted manner" and it did not amount to discrimination.