Overview
- Poole Magistrates’ Court sentenced the 62-year-old on December 18 to six weeks in custody and ordered him to pay £85 in prosecution costs.
- He admitted using threatening or abusive words or behaviour over a December 3, 2024 incident at Alum Chine beach in which he struck a woman’s dog with his bicycle and shouted threats caught on video.
- The offence triggered activation of a suspended sentence imposed in May 2024 for his 2023 Tesco car park abuse of motorist Samantha Isaacs.
- Dorset Police used a public appeal with an image from the seafront incident to help identify him, leading to an arrest weeks later.
- Defence cited completed anger management and loneliness, but District Judge Orla Austin called the behaviour an extreme example of rage and prioritized public protection in activating custody.