A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant because he was ‘scaring customers’.
Oliver Bromley, 42, was receiving treatment at King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, southeast London, when he decided to try a local restaurant for lunch.
But when he went to order food, a member of staff said they had received complaints from customers about his face and asked him to leave.
Oliver has a genetic condition called Neurofibromatosis Type 1 – which causes benign, non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.
Upset and shocked by the experience, Oliver wrote to the restaurant but said he received no response.
He is now sharing his story in the hope that it will educate people about his condition and prevent similar situations in the future for him and others.
He has been in contact with charity Nerve Tumours UK, who said what Oliver experienced is …