AN ALCOHOLIC landscape gardener who made racist, insulting and sexually explicit remarks to women walking along Ryde seafront, was handed one more chance to get himself clean of drink or be jailed, an Isle of Wight judge warned. 

Allan Cassells, of Clanfield, Waterlooville, admitted racially aggravated harassment, and two public order offences, on June 6.

He also admitted possession of cannabis on the same date. 

A group of women were approached by Cassells, 44, who was drunk and obnoxious, said James Kellan, prosecuting, at the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Tuesday (22).

Cassells launched into a tirade of insults against members of the group, calling one of the women a reprobate.

When members of the group asked Cassells to walk away, he replied: "No, you walk away," referring to one of them with red hair as "Irn Bru".

Mr Kellan explained to the court Irn Bru was a fizzy drink, orange in colour, which orginated in Scotland.

Cassells then turned his attention towards a black woman, addressing her as "Jihadi" and other deeply offensive racist remarks, before he made lewd sexual comments and suggestions to the whole group, which left many of them is distress, said Mr Kellan.

Following his arrest, Cassells said he had no memory of what happened, but did express remorse for his actions and asked the police to forward his apologies to the victims.

Cassells's offending flouted the terms of a suspended sentence order (SSO) — eight months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, imposed at Winchester Crown Court in June last year, for possessing a knife and threatening violence, including "slicing" people, with an alcohol treatment order.

For Cassells, Jim Osborne said his client was deeply ashamed and told him: "It must have been terrible what those women went through," and that his behaviour warranted imprisonment.

The judge, Recorder Malcolm Gibney, handed Cassells a second SSO to run alongside his other order — 14 weeks' jail, suspended for two years, with the orginal SSO extended for the same period, together with 100 hours unpaid work, 12 rehabiliatation sessions and an alcohol abstinence tag, worn for 100 days.

The judge told him: "A group of ladies went out to watch the sun come up, but all they got was you — ruining a pleasant evening for them.

"This is your final chance. If you consume alcohol, or commit any other offence, whether you remember it or not, you will face custody."