A drunk man shouted racist abuse during a hospital visit on Christmas Day and claimed to back the BNP, a court heard.
Homeless Richard Sykes, 36, told staff at the Queen’s Medical Centre: “I am going to hurt every **** here” before making a comment supporting the far right party.
Ali Zaki, prosecuting, told Nottingham magistrates: “Many of the staff are of Asian, Indian and Pakistani heritage.”
Road builder Sykes was said to be “extremely drunk” and had also taken the drug cocaine that day, added Mr Zaki.
The court heard that Sykes had 36 previous convictions including one for a racially aggravated offence in March 2014. A £120 fine, £50 prosecution costs and a £30 government surcharge were ordered from Sykes, who pleaded guilty to racially aggravated threatening behaviour.
Nigel Dicks, mitigating, said: “Like most people in this situation, he is not racially motivated and certainly is not in the BNP. This is just someone who can’t even remember what language came out of his mouth when he was in that situation in the hospital.
“There is no underlying malice and he apologises to the court.”
Father-of-two Sykes is currently living on £400 wages left over after working for a firm which went bankrupt. He is “sofa surfing and has no underlying problem with drug or drink abuse,” added Mr Dicks.
Presiding magistrate John Perry told Sykes: “This happened in a public place and was racially aggravated as well.”
