A police officer branded a drunk lout a "coward" after he shouted racist abuse at him while cycling away on his bike.
Kaine Boyle had fallen out with his mother at her home in Benwell, Newcastle, and the police were called when he wouldn't leave. When the constable arrived, the 19-year-old still refused to walk away from the area and began swearing, a court heard.
Eventually, Boyle slowly mounted his bike and cycled off but waited until he was around 15m away before shouting racist abuse, prosecutors said. Boyle, of Pendower Way, in Benwell, has now amassed his first criminal conviction after he was arrested for a racially aggravated public order offence, which he pleaded guilty to.
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Lillian Yanes Hellevik, prosecuting at Newcastle Magistrates' Court, said police were called to Pendower Way at 1am on January 13 this year and came across Boyle acting aggressively. Ms Yanes Hellevik added: "The officer advised the defendant to leave once he got his bike but he did not. He was refusing to go at this point.
"However, he slowly mounted his bike and could be heard shouting "You d*** head" several times. The officer said if he repeated any other abuse, he would be arrested. As the defendant was 15m away on his bike, the officer heard him shout 'F****** p****' as he rode off at speed."
The court heard the officer in question had been subjected to racial abuse before but was still shocked, upset and disgusted. In a statement, he said: "He was not brave enough to say what he said to my face but waited until he was far enough away to say it."
Mark Harrison, defending, said Boyle was embarrassed and ashamed for the language he used, adding: "It was born entirely out of drunk frustration." Boyle was fined £120 and ordered to pay £100 compensation and a £34 victim surcharge.
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