A SCARBOROUGH teenager has been given a suspended jail term after racially abusing a group of Asian men in a booze-fuelled rant.
Lee Tutty, 19, of Woodland Place, admitted racially aggravated threatening behaviour.
Scarborough Magistrates’ Court heard the fracas began in Huntriss Row in the early hours of March 23.
One of the party of six Asian men, who had come from Bra
dford for a night out to celebrate a birthday, wolf-whistled at Tutty’s girlfriend. An incensed Tutty shouted back: “Go back to your own country” and other racist remarks.
He called one of the men “The Turbanator” and threw a punch, but Tutty had “picked on the wrong man”, and was set upon, the court heard.
Prosecuting, Stephen Down-ing said: “A melee started where the defendant and at least two Asian men were fighting.”
Police arrested Tutty, who said he had no recollection of what had happened because of the amount of alcohol he had drunk. His binge, started at 6.30pm the previous day.
Last year Tutty received a 12-month community order for racially aggravated criminal damage after he headbutted a window and made racist comments to staff after being refused service at a Scarborough takeaway.
Marcus Topham, mitigating, said he did not seek to make excuses for Tutty’s “despicable” behaviour, but said there had been some provocation. He said Tutty denied making the “Turbanator” remark.
Warned this was his final chance to stay out of prison, Tutty received a 20-week sentence, suspended for 12 months with supervision, and was ordered to take part in the Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage it programme.
