Gay couple win legal fight over B & B discrimination
A GAY COUPLE have won their legal case against the owner of bed and breakfast accommodation who refused to let them stay in a double room because of her religious views, according to human rights pressure group Liberty.
Michael Black, 64, and partner John Morgan, 59, a computer consultant, sought damages from Susanne Wilkinson after she declined to let them have the room at the Swiss Bed and Breakfast in Cookham, Berkshire, in March 2010.
Following the case heard at Reading County Court, the judge, Recorder Claire Moulder, found the couple had suffered unlawful discrimination.
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Hide AdThe court heard that the couple, from Brampton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgshire, were refused the room despite having made a reservation and paid a deposit.
At the time, Mr Black, an exams consultant and writer, protested at this treatment but the owner refused to allow them to stay because it was “against her convictions”.