Jail time for spitting at officer and racially abusing bystanders at Birmingham New Street
A 35-year-old man spat at a police officer and shouted racial abuse at train station staff has been locked up for three months.
Daniel Barker was initially arrested by officers dealing with reports of a fight outside Birmingham New Street Station at 9.10pm on August 25.
A hearing at Walsall Magistrates Court was told that when the officers arrived they found the defendant in a drunken state and swearing loudly and making racial slurs at members of staff and the public.
He was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and while being restrained he spat at the arresting officer resulting in him being charged with assaulting an emergency worker and for racially aggravated public order.
As Barker was being taken to custody he racially abused the officer in charge of his care in the vehicle and on arrival at the cells continued to verbally abuse the custody sergeant.
In his police interview he apologised for his behaviour and was described at that point of being unable to continue watching video footage of the incident as he found it distressing.
Barker, of Chatterly Drive, Stoke-on -Trent, was found guilty of five counts of racially aggravated public order and one count of assault. He was jailed for three months and ordered to pay £154 victims' surcharge for his actions.
Investigating officer Pc Aaron Sephton, of British Transport Police, said: “This sentence should serve as a warning to others how unacceptable this behaviour is and it will not be tolerated. Officers should be safe and free from such abuse when carrying out their duties."
