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This was the revolting moment a drunken yob was caught on film relieving himself in a Stoke-on-Trent shop.

Two disgusted workers used a mobile phone to capture footage of the man as he urinated over £100 of sweets and chocolate bars before shouting racist abuse.

The footage was played as part of the BBC's new hard-hitting documentary Cops Like Us.

It shows PC Becci Price on her way to the scene in Hanley.

She says: "He's p****d on a number of products, really?

"It sounds like he's under the influence of something if he's urinating on goods. I've never come across that before.

"We'll do an area search for him now, I'd rather get hold of him now. That's absolutely disgusting behaviour.

"I'd imagine if he's swinging at blokes and peeing over things then he's not going to welcome our arrival."

Once in the newsagent, the shopkeeper reveals the man came into the shop asking for cigarettes despite having no money in his account.

PC Price, from Staffordshire Police, is then shown the clip of the man shouting 'come on you f*****g melt and clenching his fist.

He then says 'What have you got, you f*****g illegal immigrants' before leaving the shop laughing.

The footage cuts to the police spotting their suspect who repeatedly claims he's just come out of the Albion pub.

He adds 'You're arresting me for f**k all' as he is placed in the back of the police car.

The man is then taken to the Northern Area Custody Facility at Etruria where he again becomes abusive and flicks the V sign as he is led away.

He is later convicted of racially aggravated criminal damage and handed a suspended sentence, community service and a fine.

PC Price adds: "It's just disgusting behaviour all round. The offender, because he's got no money in his account and he wants some cigarettes, thinks he can steal them.

"But because they weren't just willing to hand them over he's become racially abusive towards them and aggressive. He's urinated all over the shop.

"It's the epitome of abhorrent behaviour. It was bang out of order. I don't think it was racially motivated but any m of discrimination falls under hate crime and it can be dealt with more seriously. This needs to be dealt with more robustly."

Cops Like Us aired at 9pm on BBC Two and is available on BBC iPlayer.