Ex-Manchester City footballer Trevor Sinclair handed community service for racially abusing a police officer
The 44-year old was sentenced at Blackpool Magistrates Court
Last updated 2nd Jan 2018
Former Manchester City footballer Trevor Sinclair has been ordered to do 150 hours' community service and given a 20-month drink-driving ban for racially abusing a policeman after being arrested while twice over the limit.
The 44-year-old asked the officer if he was being arrested because he was black and accusing the police of racism before urinating in a patrol car, Blackpool Magistrates' Court heard.
Sinclair continued being racist after he was taken to the cells at Blackpool police station.
Sinclair, of Victory Boulevard, Lytham, Lancashire, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to drink-driving and a racially aggravated public order offence on November 12th last year.
Passing sentence, District Judge Jeff Brailsford ordered Sinclair to pay ÂŁ500 compensation to PC Gareth Evans and gave the defendant 150 hours' community service for each offence, to run concurrently.
He also banned him from the road for 20 months.
Nick Freeman, representing Sinclair, said the catalyst'' for his behaviour that night was being subjected to racism, in front of his family, while out having a meal hours earlier.
After Sinclair's guilty pleas, the prosecution dropped other charges including assault on a police officer, failing to provide a specimen and criminal damage