Army poster girl in payout for racist and sexist abuse
Daily Mirror UK|August 03, 2024
A POSTER girl for the British Army recruitment campaigns has received an apology from the Ministry of Defence and a substantial payout after enduring years of "racist and sexist abuse".
GEORGE LITHGOW
Army poster girl in payout for racist and sexist abuse

Kerry-Ann Knight, 33, who featured on posters for a £1.5million campaign, was left feeling the Army is "institutionally racist".

The former corporal told a tribunal that colleagues directed slurs about slavery towards her, including references to "lynching" or "tarring and feathering" her.

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