Keen ballroom dancer withdraws compensation case against former employer

Court shown CCTV footage of former meat plant worker operating a digger

The complainant is a five-time national ballroom dancing champion.

A former meat plant operative and keen ballroom dancer, who was seen in photographs chopping wood allegedly during a period he claimed he could not work, has withdrawn his High Court claim for loss of earnings against his former employer.

Frank Burgess, 45, of Hillview Drive, Thurles, Co Tipperary, sued Callan Bacon Company Ltd over a back injury allegedly sustained when he was lifting pork at work on November 24th, 2016.