UK payout for Vincentian soldier

An employment tribunal in Britain is now deciding how much the Ministry of Defence should pay a former soldier from St Vincent who\'s won her case against the army for sexual and racial discrimination.



Twenty-eight year-old Tilern DeBique, a single mother, was disciplined when she failed to appear on parade because she had to look after her daughter.



BBC reports indicate she could be paid as much as 100,000 pounds.

After quitting the Army in 2008, she launched employment tribunal proceedings and won her claim for sexual discrimination.



She also successfully argued that she was the victim of race discrimination after saying that immigration laws prevented her bringing a relative to the UK to help with childcare.