A North Shields man hurled racist abuse at a detention officer as he was being processed at a police station.
Wayne Bellerby asked if the civilian officer was "the Taliban" before calling him a "P**** b******, while being processed at Forth Banks police station in Newcastle on February 9, 2020. The 41-year-old was being escorted to a medical room by the officer, when he became "confrontational".
Bellerby, of Collingwood Court, North Shields, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court, via link from HMP Durham, to be sentenced for the racially aggravated offence, as well as fraud and driving matters. The court heard that Bellerby had 39 previous convictions for 119 offences and had spent six months in custody over other matters.
