Chester Magistrates Court fine for Chirk man's racial slurs
Prosecutor Chloe Durose told the court that on April 17 this year, CCTV operators alerted officers to Chester city centre to a male shouting racial insults at passers-by.
Baker admitted shouting the N-word, P***, while also telling people 'to go back to where they came from' and also insulted a Chinese person's eyes.
Ms Durose said that in interview Baker admitted making 'monkey noises' and telling a Chinese man to 'go back home'.
She also requested that magistrates uplift the punishment for Baker because of the racial element of the crime.
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In mitigation, Catherine Davies, representing Baker in a duty solicitor capacity, told the court that her client pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and he accepted the version of events as outlined.
She added: 'He had been in a pub and said it was the first time he drank gin and that it had an adverse effect on him.
'He said that he had been called a sheeps*****r by a black person and that he reacted to that but is deeply ashamed of his behaviour.
'He has ADHD and anxiety and depression but has been sober for two weeks despite his alcohol dependency.'
Chairman of the bench Tim Bakkers told the defendant that he was to be fined for his behaviour, ordering him to pay £120 with further payments of £48 and £85 for a victim surcharge and prosecution costs, respectively.
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