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.

This story is from the August 03, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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