Hotel owner inflicts Basil Fawlty style attack on former hotel waiter
- 5 years ago
This is the moment a real-life Basil Fawlty is captured on CCTV
slapping and kicking a balding waiter before dragging him across the foyer and throwing him out of the hotel. Robert Hardman, 54, flew into a rage when a former employee came back into the hotel to claim
GBP800 in past wages after he left his job weeks earlier. Hardman,
who runs the three-star Plough Hotel in Northampton, was captured on CCTV attacking the man by slapping and kicking him under the front desk as the victim tries to shield himself with his hands. The
50-second clip taken from the hotel's security cameras then appears to show a female receptionist rushing to the aid of the man before
remonstrating with Hardman urging him to stop. Seconds later Hardman is seen dragging the middle-aged man through the hotel lobby by the scruff of his neck before hurling out of the front doors.
slapping and kicking a balding waiter before dragging him across the foyer and throwing him out of the hotel. Robert Hardman, 54, flew into a rage when a former employee came back into the hotel to claim
GBP800 in past wages after he left his job weeks earlier. Hardman,
who runs the three-star Plough Hotel in Northampton, was captured on CCTV attacking the man by slapping and kicking him under the front desk as the victim tries to shield himself with his hands. The
50-second clip taken from the hotel's security cameras then appears to show a female receptionist rushing to the aid of the man before
remonstrating with Hardman urging him to stop. Seconds later Hardman is seen dragging the middle-aged man through the hotel lobby by the scruff of his neck before hurling out of the front doors.