A bar manager has won more than £6,000 compensation for unfair dismissal following an incident at a Christmas party where a chef placed her in a headlock.
Molly Phillips, 24, blacked out after being held around her neck by chef Nathan Webb at their festive party in December 2017 - and only realised exactly what happened when she found a CCTV video of the choking.
Miss Phillips went to hospital to get checked for a suspected stroke - and she had no recollection of what happened.
Molly Phllips, 24, blacked out after being held around her neck by chef Nathan Webb during a Christmas Party at the Cameo Club in Roath, Cardiff in December 2017
Miss Phillips checked CCTV footage of the incident which showed Webb place his hands around her neck and squeezed until she collapsed
Miss Phillips said she had no idea what happened until she checked the CCTV footage
A tribunal was told Miss Phillips checked the CCTV of the Cameo Club in Roath, Cardiff, days later - and saw herself being strangled.
Footage shows burly American Football player Mr Webb, 33, holding Miss Phillips around the neck until her hands go limp.
When he eventually releases her Miss Phillips collapses on the floor and is attended to by other workers.
She told company directors about the attack on New Year's Day but claims they 'dismissed' her complaints - and carried on employing Mr Webb.
Miss Phillips brought an unfair dismissal claim against Pontcanna Pub Company Ltd - saying she felt unsafe and had to resign.
She said: 'It wasn't until I watched the CCTV properly that I realised what had happened.
Miss Phillips collapsed to the ground after Webb released his grip around her neck
The incident happened inside Cameo in Cardiff, Wales, pictured
'Nathan Webb puts his arms around my neck, pulls it tighter with his fists clenched, and despite my trying to push him off me, he doesn't let go.
'I then pass out in his arms, he then drops me and I smash my head against a fridge, and he is laughing the whole time.'
Miss Phillips said she went back to hospital the following day to get checked out after sending her mum a photo of her sloping mouth.
She was told her injuries 'were either
