Matt Driscoll was a hard-working, straight-writing, experienced sports journalist on the News of the World. He’d been told by his boss, Mike Dunn that he was shortly to be promoted chief sports writer. But incoming editor Andy Coulson took against him, and Driscoll was bombarded with a series of baseless disciplinary charges to force him to resign. He subsequently developed a stress-related illness, on the basis of which Coulson and his managing editor, Stuart Kuttner dismissed him. Driscoll has been unable to work since.

Last week the Employment Tribunal at Stratford, East London held the second hearing into the case which Driscoll has brought against the paper for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination.

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