Thug racially abused officer arresting him

A THUG who attacked two neighbours, racially abused a policeman who arrested him and chanted far-right activist Tommy Robinson's name at him - after wrongly concluding the officer wasn’t white.

- By ROB KENNEDY Court reporter

David Corkin

David Corkin had been arrested after assaulting a man and a woman when he spouted his vile hatred because of the officer's beard, dark hair and eyes.

He had attacked the neighbours while they were drinking on June 24 last year.

Corkin ended up trading “lighthearted jibes” with a man he had previously been good friends with. But as the afternoon went on, Newcastle Crown Court heard these became less friendly and more aggressive.

Corkin said when the other man got up and moved towards him, he feared he was about to be attacked and so landed a “preemptive punch” and they ended up fighting on the ground.