A PENSIONER who claimed he had been the victim of racist abuse ranted at police because he believed his complaint was not taken seriously because he was white.

Retired mental health social worker James Evans, of Bath Road, Worcester, admitted a section five public order when he appeared before a district judge at Worcester Magistrates Court .

The court heard how the 65-year-old shouted at staff at Worcester police station where he was attempting to report what he believed was an offence against him at around 11am on July 25.

Sam Webley, prosecuting, said Evans became agitated at having to wait and accused one of the counter staff of being incompetent.

A constable asked Evans to calm down and not be abusive to counter staff.

Mrs Webley said: “He is described as red in the face and asked for the PC’s badge number. He said he was being asked to wait like a little dog.” He was arrested and taken to the custody suite where he continued to be abusive. “He said: ‘If I was Asian this wouldn’t have happened,’” said Mrs Webley.

Evans, who represented himself, told the court that he had been distressed at the time and was concerned that the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon people of Britain are completely erased from any considerations of race.

“I went to ask an Asian chap if he would mind moving his car because we couldn’t see to get out of our drive,” said Evans.

“I was met with a tirade of abuse and was told that you whites had better watch your step. I felt really betrayed and distressed. “I know from my experience as a social worker that had my actions been by an Asian person or by any other racial group but my own they would have been taken more seriously and treated in a completely different way.”

However, Evans accepted that his actions had been completely unreasonable and irrational and he said he felt deeply embarrassed.

District judge Ian Strongman gave Evans a conditional discharge and ordered him to pay £85 costs.