RACIST TREV PEED HIS PANTS IN COP CAR!
Twice the drink drive limit Collided with woman in street Pissed himself in police car
FORMER England footballer Trevor Sinclair has been ordered to do 150 hours’ community service for racially abusing a policeman after being arrested while twice over the limit.
The 44-year-old TV pundit asked the officer if he was being arrested because he was black and accused the police of racism before urinating in a patrol car, JPs heard.
Sinclair shouted racist slurs at cops as he was put in the back of a police van, and continued being racist after he was taken to cells at a police station.
He pleaded guilty yesterday to drink-driving and a racially aggravated public order offence on November 12 last year.
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.
Mr Freeman said a woman had approached the father-of-four, patting him on the head and calling him a “little chocolate man”.
Earlier, the prosecution had told Blackpool Magistrates’ Court that, at around 8.45pm on November 12 last year, police were alerted to an incident at Sinclair’s home address but were told he had left in his Tesla car and that he may have been drinking.
Patrols were out looking for him and found his car stopped in the middle of the road in Blackpool, after Sinclair had been in collision with a woman who was getting out of a taxi.
In a statement read to the court, PC Evans said: “I asked Mr Sinclair what had happened. It appeared to me he was drunk, unsteady on his feet and his eyes were glazed.”
Sinclair was given a roadside breath test and was found to be twice over the drink-drive limit.
He was cautioned and arrested and a secure van requested to the roadside – but then his behaviour changed, the court heard.
PC Evans’ statement continued: “Before his arrest he was very calm, polite and courteous.
Aggressive
“He started asking if it was because he was black. Black people are under-represented in the police. He started getting more confrontational, he was getting more aggressive. I did not like the direction the conversation was going in – he was accusing me of being racist.
“He began to become more agitated and aggressive.”
During the search, the officer discovered Sinclair’s trousers were wet and that he had urinated while sitting in the police car.
And when Sinclair was put in the back of the police van, he called the officer a “white c**t” as the van doors slammed.
Sinclair, of Lytham, Lancashire, made further racist comments while in the back of the van and continued to be “obnoxious, aggressive and racist while being booked in”.
PC Evans’ statement concluded: “Sinclair’s behaviour following his arrest was awful. I’m not a racist. His behaviour was extremely racist.”
Mr Mowbray said the woman whom Sinclair appeared to have knocked over with his car suffered only minor injuries, might have been drinking herself and may have stepped into his path, so he was not prosecuted for any offence over that matter.
The court heard that Sinclair did a lot of voluntary work with youngsters interested in football and was involved in anti-racism charity Show Racism The Red Card.
Mr Freeman said: “He’s totally appalled at his behaviour. He’s embarrassed, genuinely contrite and first and foremost would like to apologise to PC Evans.
“He accepts police were not racist towards him.”
He said the defendant had been out for a meal with his wife and family and then to a bar where the “little chocolate man” incident occurred.
The court heard that Sinclair went home but was “angry” and decided to go out in his car.
After his arrest, he was placed in the police car for 30 minutes where he apparently urinated, the court heard.
Mr Freeman continued: “He needed to use the bathroom and was unable to do so.”
Sinclair was “shocked” that he was handcuffed as he was put in the police van and then gave a “running commentary of his perception of racism in this country”, Mr Freeman said.
He added: “He actually abhors racism and he’s been a member of a charity – it’s called Show Racism The Red Card. The purpose of the charity is to eradicate racism, not just in football.
“The terrible paradox is, that increases the sense of frustration, embarrassment and contrition.
“The real Mr Sinclair is someone who abhors racism.
“His behaviour on this particular evening may well have a terminal effect on his TV career.”
Sinclair, who played as a winger for Manchester City, West Ham and Blackpool and made 12 appearances for England, has also been a pundit for BBC Sport.
Scourge
After he pleaded guilty, the prosecution dropped other charges including assault on a police officer, failing to provide a specimen and criminal damage.
District Judge Jeff Brailsford told Sinclair: “In a truly civilised society racism has absolutely no place whatsoever. You have worked long hours to try to eradicate what is a real scourge in society.
“It’s also to enormous credit the work you do to try to get rid of racism. I’m confident, from all that I have heard, you are unlikely to be troubling the courts again.”
Passing sentence, he ordered Sinclair to pay £500 compensation to PC Evans and handed him 150 hours’ community service for each offence, to run concurrently. He also banned him from the road for 20 months.
Sinclair last night lost his job as a BBC football pundit after the case.
A BBC spokesman said on Tuesday he worked for them on a freelance basis and they “currently had no scheduled plans” to use him again.