A university lecturer sacked for allegedly buying one of his students expensive Chanel perfume, giving lingering hugs and telling her she should start an OnlyFans account because she was so sexy has failed to win his job back.

Sisitha Jayasinghe, an academic in health and biomedical science at the University of Tasmania, claimed he was unfairly dismissed when the university found he had sexually harassed a post-graduate and research assistant on a project he was leading.