A Jamaican-born lollipop man who was sacked for calling a black colleague 'King Kong' during a row over a parking meter has questioned how he can be a racist at an employment tribunal. Jon Seymour, 46, claims he was unfairly dismissed following a row with a council official in which he allegedly used 'threatening, racist and abusive' behaviour at Camden Town Hall in London. But now Mr Seymour, who has worked as a lollipop man in Kentish Town for 20 years, is seeking thousands of pounds in compensation saying he was not being overly aggressive. Jon Seymour, 46, says he was unfairly dismissed after he got in a row with a fellow black council worker
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Jon Seymour, 46, claims he was unfairly dismissed from Camden Council
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Incident erupted after Mr Seymour was speaking loudly on mobile phone
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Council worker Johnson Akinmoyede asked him to keep his voice down
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Mr Seymour allegedly called him 'King Kong' and threatened to 'break' him
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The lollipop man of 20 years claims it was not racially abusive behaviour
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He is seeking thousands of pounds in compensation at tribunal this week
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