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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Lyell Tweed

Racist told hospital security staff: "This country belongs to white people"

A drunken man racially abused hospital security staff after he was asked to leave the grounds, a magistrates court heard. Ryan Done was seen drinking alcohol at a hospital and asked to leave by security staff, before he became aggressive and racially abused them.

The 34-year-old told one of them: "This country belongs to white people, it is not meant for black people." He is also alleged to have called him a 'black b******' numerous times. He has now pleaded guilty to racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress at Stafford Magistrates Court, StokeonTrentLive report.

The incident happened in the afternoon of July 6 last year at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. In a police interview after his arrest Done claimed he was not racist, saying he was 'drunk, an idiot but not a racist'.

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