A disturbing incident unfolded in Eltham when a tree surgeon, Mathew McGrory, unleashed a barrage of racial abuse towards a woman during a payment dispute, a court heard.
McGrory, 31, from Kempton Avenue in Hornchurch, found himself embroiled in a disagreement with the client over the remaining £1,000 of the agreed payment while on a job in Eltham. The disagreement quickly escalated into a vile rant, during which McGrory directed racially charged insults at the woman, calling her a “f***ing mongrel” and a “dirty bald-headed lesbian.
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