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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Cat banned from visiting Buddhist bank robber in jail
A Buddhist bank robber has had his request for his cat to have visiting rights to him in jail turned down by a court – despite his plea that it is the reincarnation of his mother.
Peter Keonig, 46, is serving five-years for armed robberies in Werl, Germany.
He went to court this week demanding the right for his cat Gisela to be allowed to visit him in jail "because she is my dead mum".
Buddhists believe that people come back as other animals after death. He said: "I know it is mummy. She looks after me just the way she did. I need to see her like other prisoners see their wives and children."
But the court turned him down. "While we respect the religious freedom of individuals, the accused has not been able to furnish proof that his deceased mother has been reborn in a cat. Therefore, the request for visiting rights for the feline is rejected."
The court did say he would be allowed to write to the cat.
Peter Keonig, 46, is serving five-years for armed robberies in Werl, Germany.
He went to court this week demanding the right for his cat Gisela to be allowed to visit him in jail "because she is my dead mum".
Buddhists believe that people come back as other animals after death. He said: "I know it is mummy. She looks after me just the way she did. I need to see her like other prisoners see their wives and children."
But the court turned him down. "While we respect the religious freedom of individuals, the accused has not been able to furnish proof that his deceased mother has been reborn in a cat. Therefore, the request for visiting rights for the feline is rejected."
The court did say he would be allowed to write to the cat.
Search goes on for the elusive Skunk Ape
The sticky, thick Florida brush is home to some frightening creatures: snakes, alligators, and possibly another, scarier one. "It's half man and half animal," said Dave Shealy, who has spent most of his life searching for the creature known as the Skunk Ape – a large, hairy, foul-smelling, ape-like creature.
Legend says the creature lives here in the heart of the Florida Everglades. "I saw a Skunk Ape. It was approx 6 and a half feet tall maybe 350 pounds," Shealy said. "It walked upright, like a man, but kinda hunched over."
Shealy isn't the only one who claims to have seen it. Ochopee Fire Chief Vince Doerr saw it years ago while driving early in the morning. Suddenly, a massive fur-covered creature crossed the road ahead of him. He grabbed his camera from his car and quickly got out.
"I yelled at it, and I just went "Hey!" It kinda turned toward me, and looked, it was about 500 feet from me," Doerr said. He snapped a single photograph.
Not everyone believes the Skunk Ape is really out there. "It would have to be the most intelligent living thing on earth to have avoided being detected for so long," said Ron Magill of Miami MetroZoo.
He argues that every creature leaves a trail. "You're talking about an animal that is bigger than me, and I'm 6'6" and stinks to high heaven that's got huge fur, walking through the everglades and doesn't leave a track, doesn't leave a fecal sample, doesn't leave anything," Magill said.
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Legend says the creature lives here in the heart of the Florida Everglades. "I saw a Skunk Ape. It was approx 6 and a half feet tall maybe 350 pounds," Shealy said. "It walked upright, like a man, but kinda hunched over."
Shealy isn't the only one who claims to have seen it. Ochopee Fire Chief Vince Doerr saw it years ago while driving early in the morning. Suddenly, a massive fur-covered creature crossed the road ahead of him. He grabbed his camera from his car and quickly got out.
"I yelled at it, and I just went "Hey!" It kinda turned toward me, and looked, it was about 500 feet from me," Doerr said. He snapped a single photograph.
Not everyone believes the Skunk Ape is really out there. "It would have to be the most intelligent living thing on earth to have avoided being detected for so long," said Ron Magill of Miami MetroZoo.
He argues that every creature leaves a trail. "You're talking about an animal that is bigger than me, and I'm 6'6" and stinks to high heaven that's got huge fur, walking through the everglades and doesn't leave a track, doesn't leave a fecal sample, doesn't leave anything," Magill said.
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Rudolph the red nosed reindeer is a female
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer is actually female, scientists have said. Edinburgh University professors Gerald Lincoln and David Baird say Rudolph cannot be a male because female reindeer still have antlers at Christmas. Males shed theirs before mid-December.
Prof Lincoln said: "Rudolph classically is this red-nosed reindeer who is around at Christmas.
"We picture him in the snow with his antlers, but if you know anything about nature you discover that things are not quite so straightforward. Male reindeer actually cast their antlers before Christmas, so they don't have any antlers at Christmastime.
"They have their mating season in autumn when they use their antlers to fight, but once it finishes they cast them.
"So you can't picture Rudolph as a big red-nosed macho male because he has cast his antlers already and can't arrive on your doorstep with his antlers on, looking handsome. I just wanted to remind people that it is never quite so straightforward and even females develop weapons when it comes to the real world of seasonal breeding."
Of the forty different species of deer in the world, only in reindeer do females have antlers.
Prof Lincoln said: "Rudolph classically is this red-nosed reindeer who is around at Christmas.
"We picture him in the snow with his antlers, but if you know anything about nature you discover that things are not quite so straightforward. Male reindeer actually cast their antlers before Christmas, so they don't have any antlers at Christmastime.
"They have their mating season in autumn when they use their antlers to fight, but once it finishes they cast them.
"So you can't picture Rudolph as a big red-nosed macho male because he has cast his antlers already and can't arrive on your doorstep with his antlers on, looking handsome. I just wanted to remind people that it is never quite so straightforward and even females develop weapons when it comes to the real world of seasonal breeding."
Of the forty different species of deer in the world, only in reindeer do females have antlers.
Man sues over leaky baby monitor
An Addison man has filed a lawsuit against the maker of a baby monitor with video capabilities after a neighbour with the same monitor reported the baby's room was "completely visible" on the neighbour's monitor.
Wes Denkov sued Toys R Us, where he bought the "Summer Day and Night Video," as well as Summer Infant Inc., the manufacturer.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, said that a neighbour next door to Denkov's town home also had purchased a video monitor made by Summer Infant after he and his wife had twins.
The neighbour "informed (Denkov) that when his unit was on a particular channel, his baby's room was completely visible to the neighbor, and that he could hear all conversations that occurred within the room," the suit said.
The lawsuit said that Denkov's wife often breast-fed their son in the baby's room.Denkov said a customer service representative for the manufacturer suggested he "purchase the more expensive model, which he said was 'more secure,' " the suit said.
The suit alleged Summer Infant Inc. and Toys R Us knew the monitors exposed families to "the prying eyes and perhaps ill intentions of neighbours and strangers." The suit seeks unspecified damages and an injunction to block Toys R Us and the manufacturer from selling the baby monitors without adequate warnings.
Wes Denkov sued Toys R Us, where he bought the "Summer Day and Night Video," as well as Summer Infant Inc., the manufacturer.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, said that a neighbour next door to Denkov's town home also had purchased a video monitor made by Summer Infant after he and his wife had twins.
The neighbour "informed (Denkov) that when his unit was on a particular channel, his baby's room was completely visible to the neighbor, and that he could hear all conversations that occurred within the room," the suit said.
The lawsuit said that Denkov's wife often breast-fed their son in the baby's room.Denkov said a customer service representative for the manufacturer suggested he "purchase the more expensive model, which he said was 'more secure,' " the suit said.
The suit alleged Summer Infant Inc. and Toys R Us knew the monitors exposed families to "the prying eyes and perhaps ill intentions of neighbours and strangers." The suit seeks unspecified damages and an injunction to block Toys R Us and the manufacturer from selling the baby monitors without adequate warnings.
Child rapist to be beheaded then crucified
A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them to die in the desert.
The convict was arrested earlier this year after a seven-year old boy helped police in their investigation. The child left in the desert after the rape was three years old.
International rights groups have accused the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, of applying draconian justice, beheading murderers, rapists and drug traffickers in public. So far this year about 40 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia, crucifixion means tying the body of the convict to wooden beams to be displayed to the public after beheading.
The convict was arrested earlier this year after a seven-year old boy helped police in their investigation. The child left in the desert after the rape was three years old.
International rights groups have accused the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, of applying draconian justice, beheading murderers, rapists and drug traffickers in public. So far this year about 40 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia, crucifixion means tying the body of the convict to wooden beams to be displayed to the public after beheading.
South Korean taxi drivers can continue watching TV
Cab drivers in South Korea can continue to have televisions on their dashboards, despite the risk of crashing, a court has ruled.
The ruling comes after a taxi driver challenged a $507 (£311) fine imposed by the local authorities in the capital, Seoul. The city's tortuous congestion led taxi drivers to install new mobile TV systems in an attempt to beat boredom.
Watching TV while driving was a factor in 200 accidents last year, police say. Three people were killed and 351 were injured in those accidents.
In 2005 South Korea launched a new broadcasting system called Digital Media Broadcasting (DMB), which beams television to mobile screens.
Over 17.8 million people now use the system, government figures show, although not all of those will be on car dashboards.
Last year, the city authorities passed a regulation banning their use in the front seats of taxis. But when the law was challenged in court, judges ruled the regulations were illegal because they were based on a 1961 law that had been superseded.
The ruling comes after a taxi driver challenged a $507 (£311) fine imposed by the local authorities in the capital, Seoul. The city's tortuous congestion led taxi drivers to install new mobile TV systems in an attempt to beat boredom.
Watching TV while driving was a factor in 200 accidents last year, police say. Three people were killed and 351 were injured in those accidents.
In 2005 South Korea launched a new broadcasting system called Digital Media Broadcasting (DMB), which beams television to mobile screens.
Over 17.8 million people now use the system, government figures show, although not all of those will be on car dashboards.
Last year, the city authorities passed a regulation banning their use in the front seats of taxis. But when the law was challenged in court, judges ruled the regulations were illegal because they were based on a 1961 law that had been superseded.
Hong Kong firm to pawn luxury handbags
A Hong Kong firm has launched a series of television commercials offering personal loans in exchange for ladies' luxury handbags.
Yes Lady Finance will pay cash-strapped socialites up to 70 percent of the bag's value with 28 percent annualised interest.
A Louis Vuitton handbag valued at 2,600 US dollars in the second-hand market would fetch a 1,800 dollar three-month loan, but owners would lose the bags if they failed to settle the debt on time.
"It is a good fund-raising option for some tai-tais," company co-founder Wallace Tung was quoted as saying, referring to a slang term for the wives of wealthy Hong Kong businessmen. "They may not want to sell their handbags, which may be a gift from husbands and mean a lot to them." The southern Chinese city has a thriving second-hand luxury bag market.
Yes Lady Finance will pay cash-strapped socialites up to 70 percent of the bag's value with 28 percent annualised interest.
A Louis Vuitton handbag valued at 2,600 US dollars in the second-hand market would fetch a 1,800 dollar three-month loan, but owners would lose the bags if they failed to settle the debt on time.
"It is a good fund-raising option for some tai-tais," company co-founder Wallace Tung was quoted as saying, referring to a slang term for the wives of wealthy Hong Kong businessmen. "They may not want to sell their handbags, which may be a gift from husbands and mean a lot to them." The southern Chinese city has a thriving second-hand luxury bag market.
Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'
In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you. An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly.
In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less gullible, his experiments showed.
While cheerfulness fosters creativity, gloominess breeds attentiveness and careful thinking, Professor Joe Forgas told Australian Science Magazine.
The University of New South Wales researcher says a grumpy person can cope with more demanding situations than a happy one because of the way the brain "promotes information processing strategies".
He asked volunteers to watch different films and dwell on positive or negative events in their life, designed to put them in either a good or bad mood. Next he asked them to take part in a series of tasks, including judging the truth of urban myths and providing eyewitness accounts of events. Those in a bad mood outperformed those who were jolly - they made fewer mistakes and were better communicators.
Professor Forgas said: "Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world."
In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less gullible, his experiments showed.
While cheerfulness fosters creativity, gloominess breeds attentiveness and careful thinking, Professor Joe Forgas told Australian Science Magazine.
The University of New South Wales researcher says a grumpy person can cope with more demanding situations than a happy one because of the way the brain "promotes information processing strategies".
He asked volunteers to watch different films and dwell on positive or negative events in their life, designed to put them in either a good or bad mood. Next he asked them to take part in a series of tasks, including judging the truth of urban myths and providing eyewitness accounts of events. Those in a bad mood outperformed those who were jolly - they made fewer mistakes and were better communicators.
Professor Forgas said: "Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world."
Buns 'too small' in advert
Posters promoting a play starring actress Kelly Brook have had to be changed because buns covering her breasts were deemed to be too small.
The posters for Calendar Girls featured a nude photograph of the star holding iced buns up to her chest. Transport for London (TfL) demanded the buns be enlarged before allowing the poster to be used in Tube stations.
The play's producer David Pugh said: "We've found ourselves in the world of censorship, we're in 1960s Russia."
Brook plays the role of Celia in the West End play, which tells the story of Women's Institute members who decide to bare all for a charity calendar.
Mr Pugh said he found TfL's decision "incredible" and said similar shots of cast members Jerry Hall and Gaynor Faye were used in previous posters. "Someone is sitting in a dark room somewhere peering at any sort of nudity," he said.
Mr Pugh added: "They said we were trying to titillate Tube travellers, I thought it was a joke. I don't know what the buns would be in bra sizes but we've gone four sizes up."
The posters for Calendar Girls featured a nude photograph of the star holding iced buns up to her chest. Transport for London (TfL) demanded the buns be enlarged before allowing the poster to be used in Tube stations.
The play's producer David Pugh said: "We've found ourselves in the world of censorship, we're in 1960s Russia."
Brook plays the role of Celia in the West End play, which tells the story of Women's Institute members who decide to bare all for a charity calendar.
Mr Pugh said he found TfL's decision "incredible" and said similar shots of cast members Jerry Hall and Gaynor Faye were used in previous posters. "Someone is sitting in a dark room somewhere peering at any sort of nudity," he said.
Mr Pugh added: "They said we were trying to titillate Tube travellers, I thought it was a joke. I don't know what the buns would be in bra sizes but we've gone four sizes up."
Movie role for talking starling
A starling called Arnie that its trainer claims can talk, mimic mobile phones and fly beside a vehicle at 40mph is to appear in a film. Arnie coached by bird trainer Lloyd Buck, who said the bird already has a 'vocabulary' of 30 words.
Mr Buck, who is 41 and lives with his wife Rosie outside Bristol, is one of the world's leading bird trainers and a veteran of wildlife documentaries.
Mr Buck found Arnie after it had been rejected from its nest and, after gaining a licence to rear it, developed the pair's close working relationship.
Arnie, which is named after a children's book character rather than Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator actor, is to appear in a British film which starts production in 2010.
Mr Buck said: "When we came across Arnie he had been thrown from the nest. He was naked and blind and would not have survived.
"He is totally fearless and very smart. He's also very cheeky. He says about 30 different words and phrases, impersonates Rose's cough and my laughter. He also mimics magpies and moorhens."
Mr Buck, who is 41 and lives with his wife Rosie outside Bristol, is one of the world's leading bird trainers and a veteran of wildlife documentaries.
Mr Buck found Arnie after it had been rejected from its nest and, after gaining a licence to rear it, developed the pair's close working relationship.
Arnie, which is named after a children's book character rather than Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator actor, is to appear in a British film which starts production in 2010.
Mr Buck said: "When we came across Arnie he had been thrown from the nest. He was naked and blind and would not have survived.
"He is totally fearless and very smart. He's also very cheeky. He says about 30 different words and phrases, impersonates Rose's cough and my laughter. He also mimics magpies and moorhens."
Lea & Perrins sauce source found
The "original recipes" for Lea and Perrins (L&P) Worcestershire sauce may have been found by one the firm's former employees, a museum has said. Brian Keogh was the L&P accountant then an archivist on his retirement in 1991.
The late employee found rough, encoded notes about ingredients for the secret recipe in a skip by the firm's Midland Road site, Worcester Museum said.
The notes date from the mid 1800s and the museum said it would conduct handwriting analysis to verify them.
Mr Keogh wrote a book called The Secret Sauce and it is believed he used the notes found in the early 1980s as his source material.
He collected many items connected with L&P and died in 2006 aged 80. His daughter Bonnie Clifford is now working with Worcester Museum to have his collection put on public display.
Worcester City Museums collections officer David Nash said: "There has always been a lot of secrecy surrounding the recipes and pride that it is made locally. It would be significant to the people of Worcester and maybe even attract national interest if they are proved to be genuine."
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The late employee found rough, encoded notes about ingredients for the secret recipe in a skip by the firm's Midland Road site, Worcester Museum said.
The notes date from the mid 1800s and the museum said it would conduct handwriting analysis to verify them.
Mr Keogh wrote a book called The Secret Sauce and it is believed he used the notes found in the early 1980s as his source material.
He collected many items connected with L&P and died in 2006 aged 80. His daughter Bonnie Clifford is now working with Worcester Museum to have his collection put on public display.
Worcester City Museums collections officer David Nash said: "There has always been a lot of secrecy surrounding the recipes and pride that it is made locally. It would be significant to the people of Worcester and maybe even attract national interest if they are proved to be genuine."
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Transsexual burglar escapes jail
Thea Cox, a burglar caught stealing make-up and women’s clothes has been spared a prison sentence after a judge decided she had endured “a rotten life” as a transsexual.
Cox, 54, was originally given a suspended 12-week prison sentence for having an offensive weapon with her as she carried out four burglaries last year.
She returned to the same student flats this summer and carried out two further raids – on each occasion while wearing an electronic tag.
Under normal circumstances she might have expected to go straight to prison for being in breach of her suspended sentence. But Recorder Kevin Hann, sitting at Exeter Crown Court, decided to suspend a new nine-month term for a further two years.
He told Cox: “This is such an unusual case - you've had a rotten life fighting the demons within yourself and have been able to stay out of trouble for many years until recently.
"It seems to me you have reached something of a turning point. A lot of people are trying hard to keep you on the straight and narrow. These are very unusual circumstances. I have decided that to activate the suspended sentence would be unjust."
Cox, 54, was originally given a suspended 12-week prison sentence for having an offensive weapon with her as she carried out four burglaries last year.
She returned to the same student flats this summer and carried out two further raids – on each occasion while wearing an electronic tag.
Under normal circumstances she might have expected to go straight to prison for being in breach of her suspended sentence. But Recorder Kevin Hann, sitting at Exeter Crown Court, decided to suspend a new nine-month term for a further two years.
He told Cox: “This is such an unusual case - you've had a rotten life fighting the demons within yourself and have been able to stay out of trouble for many years until recently.
"It seems to me you have reached something of a turning point. A lot of people are trying hard to keep you on the straight and narrow. These are very unusual circumstances. I have decided that to activate the suspended sentence would be unjust."
Bullied female Beefeater has gone bald
Bullied Beefeater Moira Cameron has gone bald amid the hate campaign waged against her by disgruntled male colleagues.
Moira, the Tower of London's first female yeoman warder, is thought to have developed stress-related alopecia after nasty notes were left in her locker and her uniform was defaced. The 44-year-old began wearing a wig as the effects took hold.
And she became so overwrought that she burst into one meeting of male Yeoman Warders, pulled off her hairpiece and shouted: "Look what you b******s have done to me."
Ex-Army girl Moira was hit by the alleged campaign after her 2007 appointment. Three fellow Beefeaters are being investigated. Two have been suspended and police yesterday confirmed that one aged 56 has been cautioned for tampering with Moira's Wikipedia entry.
A Tower source said: "As a result of the stress Moira's lost her hair and is having to wear a wig. Her actions at the meeting show how much it's all got to her."
Historic Royal Palaces, which runs the Tower, said a high-level probe was under way and the claims were taken "extremely seriously".
Moira, the Tower of London's first female yeoman warder, is thought to have developed stress-related alopecia after nasty notes were left in her locker and her uniform was defaced. The 44-year-old began wearing a wig as the effects took hold.
And she became so overwrought that she burst into one meeting of male Yeoman Warders, pulled off her hairpiece and shouted: "Look what you b******s have done to me."
Ex-Army girl Moira was hit by the alleged campaign after her 2007 appointment. Three fellow Beefeaters are being investigated. Two have been suspended and police yesterday confirmed that one aged 56 has been cautioned for tampering with Moira's Wikipedia entry.
A Tower source said: "As a result of the stress Moira's lost her hair and is having to wear a wig. Her actions at the meeting show how much it's all got to her."
Historic Royal Palaces, which runs the Tower, said a high-level probe was under way and the claims were taken "extremely seriously".
Female City bankers sue over sexist honkers comments
Two female City workers are suing Japanese bank Nomura for £3million after claiming they suffered sexism from male colleagues who said that women "belong at home cleaning the floors" and commented on another woman’s “honkers”.
Maureen Murphy, 30, and Anna Francis, 37, claim they were hounded out of work by sexist and racist attitudes at the leading investment bank
They are each seeking £1.5 million in compensation for loss of earnings and injury to feelings. In legal papers, Miss Murphy claims that during a business meeting one male client said to her female colleague “Oh, you don't have your honkers out today I see”.
The documents say: "Miss Murphy was initially not sure what he was referring to but [the colleague] clarified honkers referred to her breasts. "She went on to say there was no point in standing up to him as he would smear your reputation in the entire market and that ultimately it was better just to accept it."
Miss Murphy also claimed that when she was chatting to a trader about hiring a cleaner he allegedly said “Well, you're a woman. That's where you belong – at home cleaning the floors”. At a team dinner, another male colleague allegedly said “Everyone knows the key to cheating on your wife is not getting caught”.
Miss Murphy says that she was excluded from clients and marginalised before being made redundant in March this year. She also claims that she was ridiculed for her American accent, with traders allegedly making remarks like “Go for it” in a mock accent.
Maureen Murphy, 30, and Anna Francis, 37, claim they were hounded out of work by sexist and racist attitudes at the leading investment bank
They are each seeking £1.5 million in compensation for loss of earnings and injury to feelings. In legal papers, Miss Murphy claims that during a business meeting one male client said to her female colleague “Oh, you don't have your honkers out today I see”.
The documents say: "Miss Murphy was initially not sure what he was referring to but [the colleague] clarified honkers referred to her breasts. "She went on to say there was no point in standing up to him as he would smear your reputation in the entire market and that ultimately it was better just to accept it."
Miss Murphy also claimed that when she was chatting to a trader about hiring a cleaner he allegedly said “Well, you're a woman. That's where you belong – at home cleaning the floors”. At a team dinner, another male colleague allegedly said “Everyone knows the key to cheating on your wife is not getting caught”.
Miss Murphy says that she was excluded from clients and marginalised before being made redundant in March this year. She also claims that she was ridiculed for her American accent, with traders allegedly making remarks like “Go for it” in a mock accent.
Pair demand apology over 'racist' dinner receipt
A student and his girlfriend are outraged after being called a 'black couple' on their receipt by staff at a London pub.
Johnson Abraham, 24, and Roxanne Duhur, 21, claim they were the only couple dining when they received their bill at the Slug And Lettuce in Islington Green.
Mr Abraham, a mechanical engineering student from Dalston, was at the pub last month with Ms Duhur to celebrate her new job as an estate agent.
They ordered at the bar, without a table number, before going upstairs to find a seat. When they went to pay for the meal the comment 'upstairs blk couple' was printed on the bill.
Mr Abraham said: “I was outraged. They wouldn't have written 'white couple'. I do class it as racism. It spoiled what should have been a celebration.”
Slug And Lettuce area manager Nick O'Donnell said: “We often put a note on orders to help reduce the chances of it being sent to the wrong table. I agree the language was inappropriate. I apologise for the upset caused.”
Johnson Abraham, 24, and Roxanne Duhur, 21, claim they were the only couple dining when they received their bill at the Slug And Lettuce in Islington Green.
Mr Abraham, a mechanical engineering student from Dalston, was at the pub last month with Ms Duhur to celebrate her new job as an estate agent.
They ordered at the bar, without a table number, before going upstairs to find a seat. When they went to pay for the meal the comment 'upstairs blk couple' was printed on the bill.
Mr Abraham said: “I was outraged. They wouldn't have written 'white couple'. I do class it as racism. It spoiled what should have been a celebration.”
Slug And Lettuce area manager Nick O'Donnell said: “We often put a note on orders to help reduce the chances of it being sent to the wrong table. I agree the language was inappropriate. I apologise for the upset caused.”
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