A man who claimed a group of Asian youths had racially abused him at a campsite has been fined for failing to provide a blood sample after a crash.
Stephen Thompson had been camping in Northumberland in July this year but decided to leave the site with the intention of sleeping in his car after being "picked on" by youths. But the 41-year-old decided to drive away along a road he was unfamiliar with and ended up having a crash after hitting a grass verge.
When police arrived at the scene, officers believed he was under the influence and described him as "falling over". But when a breath test failed, he was asked to provide a sample of blood, which he refused.
