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(Filed: 07/09/2005)
A fireman accused of bringing disgrace to the service by walking nude across his station yard has been saved from the sack - by his thong.
A senior officer thought Peter Gilbertson, 35, who has received five commendations for bravery, was naked in the yard at Gorton, Manchester.
But at a disciplinary hearing yesterday Mr Gilbertson insisted that he was simply on his way to collect some shower gel, and that his dignity was being protected by a white Calvin Klein thong.
The panel accepted his argument after he produced the thong in evidence. Instead of sacking him, the panel gave him a final warning.
Mr Gilbertson, a fireman for 15 years, apologised for "any embarrassment" he had caused.
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