A MOTHER was yesterday found guilty of racially taunting her black neighbour.
Rachel Pattison, of Emley Moor Road, Darlington, denied racially aggravated harassment during an incident in August last year.
Darlington magistrates heard Mrs Pattison, 32, shouted racist comments at her African neighbour after he asked her son not to ride his motorbike on his drive.
In mitigation, the court was told Mrs Pattison had herself been the victim of abuse in the past because of her gypsy background.
She was given a six-month community rehabilitation order
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