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Prison officer sues for racial discrimination after complaining that inmates' mural of Marcus Rashford was offensive to Jews

A senior prison officer sued for religious discrimination after she complained that a mural of Marcus Rashford being painted by inmates was offensive to Jews.

Lynda Hancock told bosses that the painting of the Manchester United and England star was discriminatory to people of her faith because he had once been photographed with rapper Wiley.

The grime star was suspended from Twitter - now known as X - in 2021 after posting a string of offensive tweets in which he likened the Jews to the Ku Klux Klan.

Rashford and fellow England player Jesse Lingard faced criticism after a photo later emerged of the two of them with Wiley, leading to both issuing statements declaring that they did not condone racism.