A racist Scots thug who spat in a woman's face after a minor bump at a car wash has been jailed for nine months. Convicted drug dealer John Cord, 35, clambered onto the bonnet of his own car to hurl a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse and threats at his victim.
He had driven into the back of the couple's car at the car wash in Dundee and then flew into a rage when the husband warned him to be more careful. Fiscal depute Gavin Burton said: "The couple were using the vacuum and became aware of another vehicle, driven by the accused, waiting to use it.
"His vehicle moved forward and collided with theirs," he told Dundee Sheriff Court. The complainer told Cord 'be careful, your car hit mine,' and Cord responded by shouting: "F*** you, P*** b******."
Cord told the couple he had a weapon and "would use it" and then he jumped onto his own bonnet and continued to launch racist abuse at the couple. "They took photographs of his car and he approached her and spat at her, striking her on the face.
"The accused ran back to his vehicle, reversed back and then in front of their car, before driving off."
Cord, from Dundee, admitted acting in a racially aggravated and threatening manner, and assaulting a woman by spitting on her at Tesco in Kingsway. He also admitted failing to stop after an accident at the Kingsway store on October 17, 2020, and had five penalty points added to his driving licence.
Solicitor David Duncan, defending, said: "He appreciates he had no justification for his conduct and understands the parties would have been deeply concerned by his behaviour. He was having difficulties in his personal life. He had a drug difficulty. He had employment issues."
Sheriff Robert More said: "This was entirely needless, unnecessary and moronic behaviour on your part."
Cord was jailed earlier this year after he admitted playing a part in a £400,000 drugs operation centred on Dundee. He was jailed for two years and two months at the High Court in Glasgow along with six other members of a trafficking gang.
The court heard detectives found hundreds of messages and photos linked to high-level dealing, in addition to drugs and cash. In his sentencing remarks, Lord Weir said the "abhorrent" operation could have "caused considerable damage in the wider community".
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