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.
