Race row | Rastafarian soldier refused entry to barracks by guard who didn't believe he was in the Army

Rastafarian soldier refused entry to barracks by guard who didn't believe he was in the Army

A Rastafarian soldier in the British Army has beaten the Ministry of Defence at an employment tribunal after guards at his barracks refused to believe he was a soldier himself.

Dwight Pile-Grey was one of the first Rastafarian guardsmen in the armed forces, but his career came to an end after a row at a guardroom, in which a white guard didn't believe he was a fellow serviceman.

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