You couldn’t make it up!

 
From the Brighton Argus, 19 November 2009:

A Polish man was assaulted and racially abused after he took pictures of his attacker and threatened to put them on YouTube.

Karol Michalec was slapped in the face by Lee Hurse after they had been out clubbing separately in Brighton.

Hurse, 22, was walking home through the city centre in St James’s Street when he insulted Mr Michalec as they passed each other.

He admitted he had been drinking but claimed Mr Michalec insulted him first by calling him camp during the incident on June 30.

Hurse responded by implying that Mr Michalec had a girl’s first name and then hurled abuse at him.

There was a confrontation during which the victim was slapped or punched in the face.

He called me camp!

Hurse, of Rugby Place, Brighton, admitted racially aggravated common assault when he appeared at Hove Crown Court.

He told the court: ‘I was subjected to abuse by Karol Michalec.

‘I accept that I slapped or punched him.

‘He took photographs of me and said he would put them on YouTube.

‘I was provoked and was called camp by him. I had been drinking.’

Rachel Beckett, prosecuting, said the Crown did not accept the basis of the plea or that the victim had insulted Hurse.

Judge David Rennie adjourned sentencing until December 15.