For crying out loud 2

[Peter M]

Michael Forsythe was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, after being found guilty of racially aggravated disorderly behaviour, a court official said.

Forsythe received the sentence at Welshpool Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was also ordered to pay 200 pounds in prosecution costs.

The former lorry driver, who is originally from Northern Ireland, but lives in Powys, Mid Wales, called Lorna Steele an "English bitch" during an argument after he collided with her parked vehicle in the Welsh market town of Newport in February.

Forsythe has attacked the prosecution as a waste of time and money, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

"I find it unbelievable that I've been prosecuted for this," he said. "I've travelled all over Europe as a lorry driver and never had any problems with anybody and now they're officially calling me a racist.

"It's political correctness gone mad."

[DavyR]

Edited November 30, 2007 by DavyR

[Guest Brumagem Phil]

The guys clearly an idiot. If you differenciate anyone by using their race or religion then you bring race or religion into the charge.....its not rocket science.

 

The fellah might like to grow up now instead of bullying ladies in his big truck!

[Peter M]

What a trucker

[Andrew Boyd]

So she was ( is ) a Welsh Bitch then??

[gozzer]

So she was ( is ) a Welsh Bitch then??

 

That's the thing Andrew, you can call someone a bitch or any other expletive, but put a nationality or colour in front of it, and your in trouble.

 

 

 

John

[Ken Davison South Wales]

He would have been charged anyway whether he called her a bitch, a son of a bitch what ever, lucky he did not get an assault charge.

[ayjay]

What was the teddy bears name?

[John S]

What was the teddy bears name?

 

Jesus

[ayjay]

Jesus

 

Well, let's just flog all the Welsh then; seems like the fairest option to me.