A HEREFORDSHIRE man has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after a racial incident in a county market town.
Jay Marsh was convicted of one count of causing racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm, or distress using words or writing when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in November.
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The court heard from Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor Mark Hambling that the 21-year-old had, with intent, used racially aggravated threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour towards a woman, causing harassment, alarm, or distress in Ross-on-Wye on June 22.
Marsh, who is of Old Market Close in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, was handed a 12-month community order and ordered to complete 60 hours of unpaid work for the offence.
He was also ordered to pay compensation of £100 to the victim, prosecution costs of £135, and a £114 victim surcharge order, which is used to help fund support services for victims of crime.
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