A man who hurled racial abuse at a police officer during the Henley Regatta has been convicted.

Between 4am and 6am on July 5, 2019, Thomas Frankham of Lydia Park, Cranleigh, Surrey racially abused PC Ali.

The 29-year-old made abusive references to his race and perceived religion.

In a trial today (Wednesday, February 17) Frankham was convicted of religiously aggravated intentional harassment or distress towards a Thames Valley Police officer.

He was sentenced to a community order for 12 months and he's not allowed to attend premises where alcohol is served.

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He was also made subject to a four-month monitoring requirement and ordered to attend an anger management programme for 10 days and pay £500 compensation to his victim and £1,000 in costs.

Investigating officer PC Ryan Dollery, based at Abingdon police station, said: “I am pleased that the court saw fit to convict Frankham of this offence.

“Police officers should be able to go about their day to day work without being subjected to any kind of abuse, and this type of behaviour is completely unacceptable.

“I think that this sentence shows that racial and religious abuse towards police officers, or indeed a member of the public, will not be tolerated, and we will bring offenders to justice in all cases.

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“I hope that the sanctions handed out by the court will enable Frankham to think about the consequences of his actions, and these will not be repeated.”