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Jeremy Clarkson faced devastating new blow in Farmer's Dog after losing thousands

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Clarkson's Farm star Jeremy Clarkson faced another huge blow in his pub after a customer tried to claim a huge pay out over a food intolerance. The former Top Gear star revealed that he was forced to provide evidence after a disgruntled customer tried to claim thousands in compensation.

Clarkson revealed food intolerance fraud is becoming a problem for pub landlords, as he wrote in his Times column: "We had one the other day who said she'd been given beer instead of cider and the gluten in it had made her so ill she'd had to cancel her holiday and we now had to reimburse her.

"Happily, we have her on CCTV not drinking beer, so we are safe on that one. But often landlords aren't so lucky. Many tell me this food intolerance fraud is now an epidemic."

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Clarkson then hit out at "faddy eaters" who he says are damaging businesses around the UK, as he even joked that he has considered banning those with intolerances.

He added: "I know it would be commercial suicide, but they are just so annoying."

The Farmer's Dog staff have also faced a number of grim issues from customers, with shocking discoveries in the bathrooms to drunken brawls.

He continued: "I do know that one day, after all the staff have left for the night, Rupert's going to check the loos in his pub and find that someone has pebbledashed the walls with a gallon of diarrhoea."

Clarkson's latest issue in the pub comes after he revealed that cyberhackers managed to steal £27,000 from the pub system.

He wrote in The Sun: "So, Jaguar Land Rover had to shut down its production lines this week after systems were breached by computer hackers. And we are told similar attacks were launched in recent months on both M&S and the Co-op.

"But no one thought to mention that my pub, The Farmer's Dog, has been hit too. It was though. Someone broke into our accounting system and helped themselves to £27,000."

He did not go into further detail about the incident, so it is known how the hackers managed to get into the system or whether he was able to get the money back.

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