This is the moment a ‘bully’ launched pint glasses and bottles at a bar on Boxing Day.
Robert Anderson, 50, was branded a 'complete thug' and was told he behaved like the 'kid on the back of a bus' by staff.
The shocking episode unfolded shortly after he walked into the Bridgewater Packet pub in Eccles on Boxing Day, a court previously heard.
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In footage shared with the M.E.N , Anderson can be seen launching the missiles at the bar where a member of staff is stood nearby.
As other punters try to move him away he goes back to the bar, picks up another glass and throws it forcefully at the bar.
Anderson can be seen remonstrating with members of the public before picking up another bottle and launching it towards the bar.
The member of staff behind the bar, who has been blurred for anonymity, can be seen backing out of the way to avoid being hit.
Bar staff said they thought Anderson had been barred because of a previous incident, but his friend promised they'd have one drink and wouldn't cause any trouble.
The barmaid told Anderson they could stay until the landlord returned in about half an hour.
Shortly after Anderson's partner arrived in the pub, he was overheard saying: "The cheeky c**** are saying I'm barred."
Anderson was also heard to say: "If I’m going to be in trouble, I might as well be in trouble for something serious.
He then launched the bottle of Budweiser he had been drinking towards the bar, hitting the bar gantry, prosecutor Craig Macgregor told Manchester Crown Court.
One female bar worker was showered in glass and liquid.
He then threw four pints of beer at the bar as he launched vile racist abuse at the landlord, who was not present.
"Tell that n***** landlord that he is getting it," Anderson said.
"Tell that n***** of a landlord to f*** his pub," he continued.
"F*** that black c***," he added.
His partner told Anderson: "If you weren’t barred before, you are now.”
Anderson then grabbed beer pumps and damaged them, before leaving.
The pub was busy with locals enjoying the festive period, on Boxing Day in 2019.
"It was Boxing Day, this ruined their Christmas, or certainly their Boxing Day evening," Mr Macgregor said.
A judge said he would have had 'no hesitation' in jailing Anderson for his appalling behaviour in other circumstances, but decided to spare him from prison.
"Your conduct on December 26, 2019 was frankly shameful, there can be no excuse for it," Recorder Mark Ainsworth said.
"It is the sort of conduct that is deeply offensive and causes a great deal of upset."
One member of the bar staff said: "I have been employed in the pub industry for over twenty years and dealing with drunkenness is part of the job.
"However the performance of Anderson in this case was something that I have never witnessed before.
"It was just the actions of a complete thug."
Another said he 'acts like a kid on the back of a bus'.
While the landlord said: "Anderson was bang out of order.
"He had no right to come into my home and start acting up in the way he did.
"He is no better than a bully and was just looking to intimidate my all female bar staff and make himself out to be the big man in front of his girlfriend and the customers."
Speaking of the racist abuse, he added: "Anyone with an ounce of decency knows that the language he used was disgusting and not appropriate anywhere.
"I think he thought he could upset people by using such language.
"The truth is everyone just thought he was an ignorant fool who lacked an education and any form of decency.
"We know these type of people exist but you never expect to hear it.
"Nobody wants to be around that type of language and certainly not the type of person saying it."
Anderson, of Northfleet Road, Eccles, was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months, ordered to observe a curfew for three months and complete 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
He pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence, and criminal damage.
A restraining order was passed, banning him from entering the pub indefinitely.
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