An English lecturer was sacked for staring at female students' breasts and bottoms - but claimed his eyesight was affected by wearing the wrong contact lenses that day.
John Taylor, who taught at a further education college in North Wales, was accused by teenage students of entering their 'personal space' and 'staring at their tops and cleavage', a tribunal heard.
But the 53 year old, who suffers from type 1 diabetes which he says also affects his eyesight, said he had been wearing 'old contact lenses' during class and 'couldn't stare at anything' as a result.
After he was fired Taylor sued the college for disability discrimination but an employment tribunal ruled his behaviour was 'not connected to his disability' and dismissed the claim.
Other claims of breach of contract, failure to make reasonable adjustments and unfair dismissal succeeded.
The Cardiff tribunal heard Taylor had worked for Grwp Llandrillo Menai, an education college catering mainly for further education students, for 23 years.
The Cardiff tribunal heard John Taylor had worked for Grwp Llandrillo Menai, an education college catering mainly for further education students, for 23 years
The college has several sites in North Wales, including one at Rhyl and another at Rhos-on-Sea.
Mr Taylor was employed as a Media Studies and GCSE English lecturer.
The tribunal heard he was given a written warning in April 2018, after he emphasised the word 'cock' when pronouncing a female student's surname, which was 'Cockbill'.
The following month Taylor was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and was hospitalised in the summer due to his condition. He returned to work in September.
During an all-girl English GCSE resit class that month, a group of students as young as 17 complained of Taylor behaving 'inappropriately' towards them.
One student said she saw her teacher 'look at [another student]'s breasts' and that he 'looked at [another student]'s bottom' as she was walking out of class.
The tribunal heard: 'The students [said] that during the afternoon class [Taylor] had behaved inappropriately towards them by entering their 'personal space' and staring at their tops and cleavage.
'They also said that they had seen [him] looking at their bottoms as they left the room for a break part way through the lesson.
'The students described how [Taylor] set them work and then
