The practice manager of a GP surgery has won more than £140,000 in compensation after a 'gossiping' female doctor described her and her family as the 'Clarkashians'.
An employment tribunal heard Catherine Clark was mocked by staff after ringleader Dr 'George' Williams became 'obsessed' with her, viewing her as a 'source of entertainment' and sending 'unkind' messages behind her back.
In one WhatsApp about the 62-year-old grandmother, the family doctor - who viewed her as 'past it' - said she was 'trying to dislodge the old knacker' comparing her to an old horse that needed to be put down, an employment tribunal heard.
In another, she sent a disparaging message about 'narcissistic' Mrs Clark's daughter and partner entitled: 'Clarkashian Update' which was in relation to them getting tested for covid.
This was a reference to the popular reality TV show, The Kardashians, which the tribunal heard featured a 'glamorous and successful' family, and is set among the celebrity scene of Los Angeles rather than the Welsh town of Wrexham, where Mrs Clark and her relatives live.
