Glasgow man jailed after racist rants at flat block
He admitted to two charges of acting in a manner that was racially aggravated, which caused or was intended to cause other people alarm or distress, breaching bail conditions, and two charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
The court heard that at 9pm on November 21, 2023, Kanwal Chaudhry and Sehr Chaudhry were within a property on Elder Street when they heard a sudden and continuous banging on the living room wall coming from the next flat where Bryson lived.
They banged on the wall in the hopes of Bryson stopping; however, the loud banging continued, and the pair heard Bryson shouting and swearing.
He stated: 'ya p***k, f**k off, you bloody b***h, you black b*****d.'
The pair deemed the comments as racially prejudiced based on their Pakistani descent and believed the verbal abuse to be directed at them.
They contacted 101 and at 9.45pm police attended and arrested Bryson, to which he replied, 'I did say black b*****d, I was shouting at my son'.
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In a separate incident at 1.05am on December 24, 2024, Sarmad Ikram was asleep when he was woken by a loud banging noise coming from next door, where Bryson lived.
Bryson was heard shouting 'illegal immigrants, black b******s, your gran and grampa are illegal immigrants, get them the f**k out of my country, this is Scotland not Pakistan, f**k off, get yourselves to f**k.
'It's Scotland, we will beat you black b******s.'
Police attended that evening to take statements. Then, at 00.18am on December 25, 2024, officers had cause to force entry to Bryson's property.
He was cautioned and charged.
In a further incident on January 7, 2025, Mr Chaudhry and Mr Ikram were within a property on Elder Street when they could hear Bryson shouting from his flat.
He stated: 'black b******s, p****s, monkeys'. Police were contacted, and at 00.50am on January 8, officers attended.
They overheard Bryson shout 'ya black b******s' from within his home.
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At 1.30am the same day, Bryson was cautioned and informed he was under arrest. He was later charged.
In a fourth incident at 11pm on January 13, 2025, Mr Ikram was outside a flat block on Elder Street in Govan.
He saw Bryson enter the street and as he approached Mr Ikram he shouted 'b******s, a*******s, d**khead, f**k'.
Mr Ikram believed these comments were aimed at him as there was no one else in the street at the time.
Bryson went inside, and police were contacted. At 00.05am on January 15, Bryson was traced at his home where he was arrested and cautioned.
Bryson's lawyer told the court that her client's offending 'could be attributed to alcohol consumption'.
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The defence solicitor said: 'These are very serious offences. He doesn't appear to remember all of them.
'His offending is attributed to alcohol consumption. That being said, he has expressed a willingness to attend alcohol anonymous meetings, but he has yet to do so.
'In the view of the social worker, he was attending appointments consistently, but his attitude remains the same to alcohol misuse.
'The report states there is no evidence that his needs cannot be met by a community payback order with supervision.'
Addressing Bryson, Sheriff Joanna McDonald commented: 'The difficulty I have in dealing with you is you will not address your alcohol issue.
'You still have these entrenched views. You keep saying you're not racist, but you have been racist. You subjected them to abuse by you since 2023.
'On the first matter, I dealt with you and at that time I was told it was a one off but there have been three further offences against the same people.'
Bryson was jailed for 411 days.
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