Hull man jailed for racist abuse against station staff member
The court heard how Halliday had previously targeted the staff member, subjecting her to numerous incidents of racist abuse
A man from Hull, who repeatedly targeted a member of rail security staff due to her ethnicity, has been jailed.
Following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation, Dale Bryan Halliday, aged 64, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment and threatening behaviour at Hull Magistrates' Court.
He was jailed for three months and issued with a two year restraining order.
The court heard how Halliday had previously targeted the staff member, subjecting her to numerous incidents of racist abuse for over a year.
Then on Saturday, 19 October last year, he spotted her working at the gate line at Hull Paragon Interchange and went out of his way to approach her.
Once again he made racists slurs and subjected her to a barrage of racist abuse.
BTP officers were called and Halliday was arrested.
"A wake up call"
Investigating officer PC Jack Davie said: “Halliday waged a personal vendetta against an innocent woman who was just doing her job, subjecting her to horrific racial abuse.
“His prolonged racist behaviour over a period of a year wore the victim down and affected her so badly she was forced to take leave from work.
“Together with the restraining order which will go some way to protecting the victim from further abuse, a jail term will hopefully serve as a wake up call to Halliday that racism on the rail network will never be tolerated.
“Anyone who witnesses or is a victim of racism on the railway can text us for free on 61016.”