The black manager of a children's nursery has been fined after calling one of her staff a "stupid white bitch," and pushing the young woman during a row over breaks.
Rosalind Sawyer, 66, of Wilbury Avenue, Sutton told Tara Swift to "get the fuck out of my nursery," and has now ended up with a conviction for racially aggravated assault.
She denied, but was convicted of the offence at Camberwell Magistrates' Court and was fined a total of £250, with £500 costs.
The court heard Sawyer confronted Miss Swift outside the Childrens World Nursery in Wiltshire Road, Brixton (pictured) on January 31 after spotting the baby care employee leaving for a break.
"I heard my name being called and saw that it was my manager," Miss Swift told the court.
"She said: 'Where do you think you're going?' and said I had better go back inside or not bother coming back.
"She was loud and aggressive and had just turned up at two in the afternoon and I had been there all morning.
"She said she was sick off me and my fucking breaks every day and when I said I was entitled to a break she told me to: 'Get the fuck out of my nursery'."
Inside Miss Swift collected her belongings from a staff locker and was leaving the room via a baby gate when Sawyer approached.
"Mrs Sawyer pushed me in my throat and I went staggering back.
"I had no defence. I was holding the gate and was not expecting it.
"As she pushed me I went stumbling back and afterwards I started crying.
"Mrs Sawyer said: 'You can't do your job. You're stupid, you're a fucking white bitch.'
"I was upset, I was shocked."
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