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A man threatened a taxi driver with a machete after an argument about parking on the day Justin Bieber played in Cardiff, a court heard.

Shaun Murray, 27, who travelled from Newcastle upon Tyne with his brother for the concert at the Principality Stadium, also admitted directing racist language towards the victim.

Sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court, Judge Jeremy Jenkins described the weapon as “fearsome”.

The court heard the incident occurred on Saunders Road around 3pm on Friday, June 30.

Ian Kolvin, prosecuting, said Murray drove to the concert with his brother Edward Graham and parked in an area reserved for taxis.

When he returned to his car, he found he had been “boxed in”.

Prosecutors said a taxi driver asked him to move his vehicle and his behaviour became “extremely aggressive”.

The court heard Murray called the taxi driver a “mother f***er” and told him: “F***ing move your car.

Mr Kolvin said other taxi drivers tried to reason with him, but he continued to be abusive.

The defendant then told the victim: “You shouldn’t be in this country. F***ing go back to your own country.”

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Prosecutors said he told him he had a knife, went back to his car and tried to drive off, but was stopped by the other drivers and door staff from a nearby premises.

Mr Kolvin told the court: “He was seen to have a machete.”

He added: “In the course of his behaviour, he also made comments demonstrating religious hostility.”

The court heard Murray said: “Muslims are baby killers. They carry nail bombs. They shouldn’t be in this country.”

Murray then told the taxi driver: “If you don’t move your car, I’m going to chop you guys.”

Prosecutors said door staff managed to detain the defendant until police arrived. He was arrested and the machete was seized from his car.

The defendant was taken to the police station, where he accepted he was visiting Cardiff for the concert, but denied having a machete or making threats.

Prosecutors said he had been before the courts for 41 previous offences, including possessing weapons, as well as battery, burglary and theft.

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Murray, from Brandon Grove in Newcastle -upon-Tyne, admitted possessing a blade in a public place and racially aggravated threatening behaviour.

He denied one count of affray, which will lie on file.

Kevin Seal, defending, said his client had shown remorse through his guilty plea.

He said: “He accepts he used racial comments against those who were there and he regrets those.

“He is not a person who considers himself to be racist. He has friends of different ethnic minorities where he lives, but he accepts the comments he used on that day were racist.”

Mr Seal stressed the machete did not leave its sheath during the incident.

He added: “The red mist came down and he behaved in a way he accepts was inappropriate.”

The defence barrister said his client had been attacked in prison due to the nature of the charges and had to be kept separate from other prisoners for his own safety.

Prosecutors offered no evidence against his 19-year-old brother Edward Graham, also from Newcastle upon Tyne, who denied affray and the public order offence.

Judge Jenkins noted Murray had “an extremely poor record”.

He told the defendant: “Quite why you embarked upon this rant, only you know. Mr Seal says you are not inherently racist. I reject that. Those words are deeply offensive.”

Murray was jailed for 10 months and an order was made for the machete to be destroyed.