Overview
- An employment tribunal in Newcastle dismissed Peter Duffy's unfair dismissal and discrimination claims in August 2025, with reasons published this week.
- The case stems from a May 7, 2023 incident on a service departing York after two first-class passengers requested sausage rolls.
- Investigators said CCTV appeared to show Duffy retrieving discarded food, plating and reheating it before a colleague served it to passengers in Coach K.
- Duffy told investigators he had "gone too far for the customer" and said the rolls were wrapped in foil, while citing anxiety, depression and a reported transient global amnesia episode.
- The tribunal found a colleague's denial unreliable and ruled the misconduct did not arise from a disability, concluding LNER's July 2023 dismissal was reasonable.