A man who took exception to being barred from a snooker club ended up subjecting its owner to a campaign of harassment.
John Slocombe distributed homemade leaflets with derogatory comments and pictures of the victim around a Co-op store before shouting abuse and recording him in the street.
The 48-year-old also tweeted offensive comments about the male to the North East Snooker Centre, where he was proprietor, a court was told.