Man told to pay doc for racist tirade

Jason Hughes shouted at the doctor in the casualty department of Blackpool Victoria Hospital: “You don’t belong here – get back to your own country.”

Patrick Nelligan, defending, told the court: “He says that the doctors at Victoria Hospital have saved his life on many occasions and that he is not a racist.”

Hughes, 39, of Boston Way, Mereside, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault and threatening behaviour.

He was sentenced to nine months’ supervision and ordered to pay compensation of £50 to the doctor, plus £85 costs with £60 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.