A racist lout is facing jail after attacking two men with a Christmas tree bauble at a Metro station.
Cocaine-fuelled Thomas Bailey also shouted homophobic abuse as he hit the two victims, who were strangers to him, over the head during an unprovoked assault. A court heard that both men suffered cuts to their heads, which required gluing at a hospital.
As the two victims desperately tried to phone the police, Bailey tried to grab their phone to stop them, prosecutors said. He eventually left the scene but, during a separate incident later on the same day, went on to make threats to a member of staff at the Whitley Bay hotel where he was staying.
