Two female bank employees were subjected to years of sexual harassment and bullying by managers and clients, a tribunal heard. Maria Rayworth and Deena Rosario Al Bazi claim they were subjected to lewd behaviour by customers and were not backed up by bosses at the Arab National Bank in London. In one incident, Mrs Bazi, 57, kneed a former chairman of the bank in the groin to stop him making advances to her in a lift. ‘As soon as the doors of the lift closed, he threw himself against me and tried to kiss me,’ she said. ‘I managed to bring one of my knees up and knee him in the private parts. I was very scared but also really shocked.’
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Two employees claim they were subjected to lewd behaviour by customers
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Mrs Rayworth and Mrs Bazi worked at the Arab National Bank in London
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The women claim that they were not backed up by their bosses
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In one incident, Mrs Bazi kneed a former chairman of the bank in the groin
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Mrs Rayworth said she was bombarded with lewd texts by a client
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