Southery resident in court after calling neighbour ‘slag’, ‘c**t’ and ‘f*****g Czech’

A Southery resident who was feeling angry about a past disagreement with a neighbour got drunk, swore and used racially-aggravated language towards his wife.

David Jacobsen, 54, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday where he pleaded guilty to two offences.

He admitted using racially-aggravated language to cause alarm or distress as well as having a Class B drug in his possession.

On September 7 last year, Jacobsen’s neighbour reported the “out of the blue” incident to the police where she was called a “slag”, “c**t” and a “f*****g Czech”.

The victim and her husband both come from the Czech Republic.

The victim was in her garden watering her plants when Jacobsen was walking past - the incident was captured on CCTV.

Jacobsen also said: “F*****g Czech man, I will never forget that.”

His solicitor George Sorrell said that comment was made in reference to the victim’s husband, who Jacobsen had previously carried out some work with.

The victim and Jacobsen had been neighbours for five years and reportedly never had any issues.

In a statement, the victim said: “I was scared, I wasn’t sure if he was going to escalate this.

“The only reason I can think of is how we are close to a neighbour he doesn’t like.”

Later when police arrested Jacobsen, officers found a small quantity of amphetamine, a Class B drug in his possession.

In a police interview, Jacobsen apologised for his actions and said he was having a “bad day” and added that the neighbour owed him some money.

In mitigation, Mr Sorrell said: “Nothing has happened since, he was intoxicated, clearly alcohol affected his state of mind.

“The lady suffered an incident which caused her to feel frightened and amazed and he regrets that. He realises that it was not the right way to behave.”

For the offences, Jacobsen was fined a total of £200 and will also pay a victim surcharge of £80 and court costs of £80.