A man who unleashed a racist tirade outside an Indian takeaway in Blairgowrie has been placed under supervision.
Dwayne Dow shouted a volley of bigoted abuse after being removed rom the Azaad outlet in Leslie Street.
Earlier that evening, the former abattoir worker had threatened to “slice up” a stranger and his girlfriend.
Perth Sheriff Court heard the 28-year-old was in a drunken fug, having helped a friend down three bottles of whisky.
Dow appeared in the dock and admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, likely to cause fear or alarm and uttering racist remarks on May 31 2020.
An allegation he also kicked a dog was withdrawn by prosecutors.
Bus stop threats
Fiscal depute Andrew Harding told the court: “At around 9.50pm, Gary Dobin and his girlfriend were in Wellweadow waiting for a bus.
“The accused approached them and asked ‘What’s up?’
“Mr Dobin replied: ‘Not much.’
“That appears to have annoyed the accused.”
Dow shouted: “What? I’ll slice you and your girlfriend up.”
He went on: “You don’t know who I am. I’m not from round here.”
Mr Harding said: “He then made threats to slice Mr Dobin’s girlfriend. Mr Dobin pushed him away.”
When the bus arrived, the woman got onboard and Mr Dobin ran off.
Takeaway tirade
Later that night, Dow walked into the Azaad takeaway and ordered pizza.
“There was a discussion which led to the accused being asked to leave the premises,” said Mr Harding.
“The accused became agitated and, while out on the street, he started banging on the windows of the takeaway.”
Dow shouted, swore and called employee Nassar Jabbar a “P**i”.
He added: “Go home. F*** you, n*****.
“Go back to your own country.”
Solicitor Linda Clark, defending, said: “Mr Dow is deeply embarrassed and ashamed by his conduct, as he should be.
“The events came after Mr Dow met with a friend and they consumed three bottles of whisky between them.
“His hazy recollection is that he thought people were looking at him.”
The court heard Dow had previously been the victim of a stabbing and was forced to teach himself to walk again.
Sheriff Gillian Wade told Dow: “You are well and truly at the custody threshold.
“The circumstances here are extremely worrying.
“You would have caused fear and alarm to those people at the bus stop and you simply cannot put this down to drinking too much.
“The way you conducted yourself at the takeaway was wholly unacceptable.”
Dow, of Crieff Road, Perth, was placed on supervision for 18 months and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.
He was told the sentence was a direct alternative to prison.
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