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A man who had fallen off a stolenmotorbike racially abused the doctors and nurses who were trying to treat his injuries.

Homeless Connor Blampey appeared via video link from HMP Exeter where he faced a total of 12 charges.

Blampey, 20, admitted all but one charge of threatening behaviour, which was withdrawn.

He admitted aggravated vehicle taking of a black Vixen 125cc motorbike, assault by beating of a taxi driver, intimidating a witness, criminal damage to a taxi’s dashboard camera, making off without payment from a taxi, criminal damage to a silver Ford Fiesta car, assaulting a police officer, racially aggravated behaviour, two counts of handling stolen goods namely a bank card and one count of burglary of a garage.

Prosecutor Richardo Childs told magistrates the most serious offence in law, that of witness intimidation, came about on August 25 when Blampey and there others took a taxi at around 1.55pm, reports plymouthherald .

He asked the driver to stop to let him get money from a cash machine, but failed to get any money out.

When the cab reached the destination, Blampey said he wanted the journey for free.

On being told no, and on having the internal CCTV pointed out to him and that the images would go to the police if he refused to pay, Blampey grabbed the dash-cam and threw it before slapping the driver across the face shouting “f*** you”.

Mr Childs said the altercation in Shrewsbury Road, Whitleigh was overheard by nearby residents and one woman who recognised Blampey’s voice, having known him a number of years, looked out her window.

As she looked out, she saw Blampey and heard him exclaim that a nearby car belonged to a man he knew who he claimed had given evidence against him on another criminal matter.

Blampey was seen hefting a breeze block at the windscreen of the man’s car and then head towards the woman’s house with another breeze block.

She become distressed as he approached her son’s bedroom window, but fortunately he was too far away to hit the window.

Magistrates heard that before this incident there were a number of Facebook messages where Blampey called the man a “f****** grass” adding “wait til I get my hands on you”.

Mr Childs noted how the racially aggravated harassment charge – which could only be dealt with at the Magistrate’s court – came about after he took a motorbike without the owner’s consent and damaged it following a crash.

He then tried to escape police on foot but was quickly captured.

After his arrest, officers took him to Derriford Hospital accident and emergency unit so he could be treated for his injuries.

However, whilst at the hospital, Blampey assaulted the police officer and abused medical staff.

Mr Childs said Blampey told one nurse treating him “don’t come near me you P*** c***”, called another doctor a “raghead”, described all the medical staff as “nonces” before telling a doctor “f*** off you P*** c***”.

Magistrates fined Blampey £150, ordered him to pay £50 court costs and the victim surcharge of £30.

He was told he would have to pay the figure within 28 days of being released from custody.

The rest of the charges which Blampey pleaded guilty to would see him sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on September 15.

There was no application for bail and Blampey was remanded into custody.