A MIDDLEWICH man left court with a fine and a curfew order following a tirade of racist abuse aimed towards an Indian takeaway worker.

Oliver James Callow, 25, from Yatehouse Lane in Byley, went to an Indian takeaway in Arclid near Sandbach on June 26, 2016.

Crewe Magistrates Court heard on December 23 that Callow parked outside the takeaway across two disabled bays with many other bays vacant in the car park.

When he was asked to move his car by takeaway worker Anamul Islam, he hit out at the door of the property and launched a tirade of racial abuse at Islam, also asking ‘do you know who I am?’

Simon Pover, prosecuting, said: “During that moment, he still can’t explain what he did. He’s ashamed because it was something over nothing to start with.

“His boss has confirmed that he is hard-working, skilled and trustworthy and all this is inconsistent with this incident, because on the day in question, it was abuse that is, quite frankly, shocking, and he knows that.

“If he loses his liberty today, his boss says he will lose his job and he will lose contact with his son and I think he will struggle in custody.

“I believe this was very much an isolated incident. He has friends of all different nationalities and he works with foreign nationals.

“He recognises that it was abuse that he is absolutely ashamed of. It was a one-off and it was a sad day for Mr Callow and for the victim, who did not deserve that kind of abuse.”

Callow pleaded guilty to racially aggravated provocation of violence and use of abusive words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of unlawful violence.

Peter Broderick, defending, said: “The defendant appears before you embarrassed and ashamed and remorseful. He won’t appear before you again for an offence of this nature.

“He cannot explain it. He frequents to Indian restaurants, he likes Asian food and he has tried to apologise.”

He was slapped with a curfew from 8pm to 6am for the next four months and a £585 fine to be paid over two months. His request to pay the amount over three months was refused.

Mr Graham Hall, chair of the bench, said: “You have behaved in an incredibly arrogant way - parking over two disabled bays and then taking exception to being asked to move. You then asked ‘do you know who I am?’

“If you think that makes you look big, believe me it does not. Your attitude suggests a lack of respect for the law and you have exhibited incredible arrogance on this occasion.”