Caution for nurse who wanted to catapult disabled Romanian

A nurse who said a Romanian benefits claimant with no legs should be ‘catapulted’ out of the country was let off with a caution. Rebecca Mellard was working as a disability benefits assessor for the Department of Work and Pensions in Derbyshire when she posted inappropriate remarks on social media in July 2014. After watching the programme ‘Life on Benefits’ featuring Romanian amputee Viorel Dinu, who has convictions for begging outside Selfridges in London’s Oxford Street, Mallard complained: ‘Why do…