A sacked PwC accountant who was jailed for drunkenly groping a sleeping woman s breasts aboard a British Airways flight before attacking her with a book when she rejected him was today allowed to continue working.
James Phipps was on a transatlantic flight when he rubbed the breasts of a female passenger two seats away from him and tried to kiss her, a disciplinary panel hearing heard.
When the woman pushed him away, the PwC team leader picked up the hardback book she was reading and flung it at her, striking her in the face.
James Phipps was on a BA transatlantic flight when he rubbed the breasts of a female passenger two seats away from him and tried to kiss her, a disciplinary panel hearing heard (file pic)
Taporapora kuia finally recognised for farming feats
Wikitoria Wright, age 90, has finally been recognised for her work breaking in a farm on the Okahukura Peninsula.
Taporapora’s Wikitoria Wright has been awarded the Awhuwhenua Trophy for farming excellence – 56 years after she deserved to win it.
In 1964, the trophy was presented to her husband Rawson ‘Ross’ Wright, but Wikitoria was overlooked.
“That was their policy. It was a man’s world back then,” Wikitoria says. “But Ross and I were a team, and we worked tirelessly together.”
Wikitoria recently attended a ceremony by Awhuwhenua where her farming accomplishments were recognised.
Sometime after the cup was originally presented to Ross, the couple formalised their partnership by putting Wikitoria’s name on the deed of the farm.