An offender bombarded a taxi driver with derogatory taunts and abuse and then told police the man had played the “racist card”.
According to the Falkirk Herald, Andrew Perrow, 61, appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court on 7 March, having admitted engaging in a course of behaviour that was threatening and uttering offensive remarks in Callendar Road, Falkirk on August 5 last year.
Amy Sneddon, procurator fiscal depute, said: “The complainer, a taxi driver, picked up the accused, who said he was driving the wrong way.
"The driver said it was the quickest route and the accused swore at him.
"The driver tried to calm the accused down, saying he would take a different route if required. He stopped the vehicle and pressed his emergency button which alerted the taxi office.
"He then got out of his vehicle and locked the accused inside. The accused was then asked to get out of the taxi and he began shouting and swearing.”
Perrow hurled racist abuse at the driver, at one stage calling him the ‘n’ word.
When police talked to him he told them the driver had “called the racist card” into play and stated “they are getting away with this all the time”.
Defence solicitor John Mulholland said Perrow “regretted his conduct” and that he suffered from short term memory loss at times – a condition which was not helped by his alcohol consumption.
Sheriff Christopher Shead said Perrow’s behaviour was “utterly unacceptable”, but noted there was a “complicated background” to the case.
He placed Perrow, from Bainsford on a structured deferred sentence for six months to September 5.
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