Cruise passenger handed four-figure payout after worker quizzed him about sexuality

A cruise passenger has been handed a four-figure payout after a worker returned to his room after delivering a pizza - and repeatedly asked him if he was "sure" he wasn't gay.

Lewis Meehan, 27, says he was propositioned after he dialled room service aboard the Britannia, a P&O Cruises ship, in the early hours of January 23.

The nightclub manager, from Nottingham, says a staff member delivered his food but then returned, saying he needed payment.

Footage shows what followed - with the waiter repeatedly asking Lewis if he is "sure" he is straight after entering his room.

Lewis made a complaint soon after, and it is claimed that the man was removed from the ship at the next stop on the Caribbean trip.

And Carnival UK, which owns P&O Cruises, has since made a payout to Lewis, understood to be in the thousands.

Lewis said of the ordeal: "It was just so unexpected - it totally ruined our holiday. My sister was really scared by it."

The Nottingham Forest fan said he returned to his cabin after celebrating a win and called room service to order a pepperoni pizza.

He then answered the door in his boxers when the food arrived - and was left bemused when the steward allegedly told him he had a nice body.

He claims the staff member then phoned his room to say he would need to come back to take payment, which he thought odd.

So quick-thinking Lewis then decided to set up his phone to film just before the man arrived - and caught the ordeal on camera.