A 60-year-old man, Graham Groves, is fined £400 after admitting racially abusing former BBC presenter Nihal Arthanayake outside a pub in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, in 2023. The court hears that Groves was drunk at the time of the incident and used racist language toward Arthanayake, including a racial slur and the n-word.
At sentencing, Groves also tells the judge there is “no chance” of him staying out of trouble. The reports describe that the judge imposes the fine following Groves’s guilty plea or admission of the racially abusive conduct.
The Daily Mail accounts focus on the wording of the abuse, the location and timing of the incident, and Groves’s remarks to the court about future behaviour. No further details from other sources are provided in the supplied material.
