A drunken father-of-two racially abused a man and threatened and terrorised a barmaid after downing beers with his football team.

Nathan Gould was out for a Christmas meal with his mates when he started to become rowdy.

When a barmaid tried to call time on his drinking session at The Rose Inn in Bearsted, near Maidstone, on December 9 last year, he began abusing her aggressively as he tried to order more booze.

The 44-year-old grabbed a beer glass out of her hand as she tried to tidy up while calling last orders and demanded she serve him.

But when staff refused he became even nastier and started making derogatory remarks to the barmaid, a court heard.

James Nichols, prosecuting, said he was there with friends drinking and the barmaid had cause for concern about the manner of his behaviour and he was trying to get more drinks.

“He went to the bar and got close to her and was acting aggressively and started making derogatory comments to her. She was scared and shaken,” he added.

The court also heard another man tried to intervene and stop him abusing the barmaid but Gould was abusive to him too.

Mr Nichols added: “He called him a P*** c*** but his friends then got him out of the pub and that was the end of the incident.”

Gould, of Maidstone, was arrested and charged.

He admitted racially aggravated harassment and common assault when he appeared before magistrates in Maidstone on May 13.

A charge of affray was dropped after he entered his guilty pleas to the two other charges.

Magistrates heard he was apologetic during his interview and said he’d had too much to drink.

Mr Nichols also asked for an exclusion order to prevent Gould, who had previous dissimilar convictions and had not been in trouble since 1995, from returning to the pub.

In an interview with a probation officer, Gould said he was ashamed of his behaviour.

He said he had been out with his veterans' football team, had got intoxicated and had not heard last orders had been called.

Gould told the officer his glass had been taken by the barmaid while he still had drink in it and that was why he had grabbed it back.

As he left the pub, he said he was punched in the face, someone called him a d***head, his jacket was ripped and his watch fell off in a scuffle - but he had not punched or struck anyone.

The court was told Gould earned about £600 a week, had a wife and two children and worked at hospitals in London refurbishing them.

Victoria Hart, defending, said her client was disgusted with himself, had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, was remorseful and had not been in trouble with the law for some time.

She added: “He is disgusted with his behaviour which happened in front of his football team members and his wife was furious that he had been disrespectful to a woman and he’s had to incur her wrath as well. He also spent a night in the cells.

“His actions and demeanour put that woman in fear and he accepts that. He can only apologise. He’s sorry - it’s a classic case of having too much to drink.”

Magistrates handed Gould a three-year conditional discharge which had been uplifted from two-and-a-half years because of the racial element of the offences.

Gould was also banned from the pub for a year and must pay compensation of £150 to the barmaid and £100 to Mr Uddin.

He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £76 as well as £85 court costs.