Paramedic Paul Winfield humiliated his fellow ambulance worker about her weight and even gave her a pair of large men's trousers after calling her a 'fat a***'.
The paramedic said it was just 'banter' and he was simply trying to be 'helpful'. The disciplinary panel also heard how he asked if she was on a diet and told her: 'Look at the state of you. You need to lose weight' in a two week onslaught of fat-shaming abuse.
He once reduced the emergency care technician to tears after repeatedly insulting her about her weight in front of East Midlands Ambulance Service colleagues.
However, Mr Winfield, who had been a paramedic since 2002, claimed that his demeaning jibes should be protected by his right to free speech.
At a previous tribunal Mr Winfield avoided suspension and was ordered to attend equality and diversity training.
But now a conduct and competence committee of the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service last week found he was 'bullying' the woman, and he has now been suspended from the professional register for a year.
