Magistrates hear Pembroke Dock man threatened worker and was later banned from the store
A MAN has been banned from Tesco in Pembroke Dock after hurling abuse at a female security guard and shoving her in the chest, magistrates have heard.
Alexander Clark, 49, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week, where CCTV footage of the incident on February 5 was shown.
Prosecutor Linda Baker said Clark strode up to the security guard, poked her in the chest and nudged her with his left shoulder.
“He also began shouting at her, calling her a stupid c***,” she told the court.
“He said, ‘Your dad’s a rapist and you know what we do to them? We kill them.’”
In mitigation, Clark’s solicitor, Alaw Harries, said the defendant did not know the security guard and described the assault as being at the lower end of the scale.
“The CCTV footage demonstrates this was a very low-level assault and no injuries were caused to the complainant,” she said.
“It was a poke and a shove and the force used was very limited.
“But the defendant is extremely sorry for his behaviour that day.”
The court heard that Clark, who is of no fixed abode, has since been banned from the Tesco store as a result of the incident.
Clark pleaded guilty to assaulting the security guard by beating and to using threatening and abusive words and behaviour.
He was fined £120 and ordered to pay £50 compensation to the security guard, £85 in court costs and a £48 surcharge.
Sentencing him, the presiding magistrate said: “What you said to that lady was completely inappropriate, particularly when she was at work doing her job.
“Don’t do it again.”
Source – Pembrokeshire herald
