A jealous boyfriend has been jailed for bombarding an Asian man with vile racist abuse after accusing him of having a one night stand with his partner.
Dean Jefferies threatened to kill the victim in a two day long barrage of voice and text calls which only ended when the other man called in the police.
He used the most extreme racist language and in one text described the other man as 'a f***ing Muslim', Exeter Crown Court was told.
Jefferies, aged 31, of Chatto Road, Torquay, admitted racially aggravated harassment, and assaulting his girlfriend Fiona Wright by beating.
He was jailed for 12 months by Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, who told him:"You bombarded this man with foul racial abuse which threatened this man with extreme violence.
"Such conduct is always unacceptable and will always be met by immediate custody."
Mr Gareth Evans, prosecuting, said Miss Wright had known the victim of the racial abuse for many years and he had visited her at her home in Torbay a few weeks after she started a relationship with Jefferies.
They had slept together on one occasion and he returned to his family in Cardiff. Jefferies found out about the fling from friends and slapped and grabbed Miss White when he confronted her about it in November.
He then rang the other man and threatened to kill him and to tell his wife about his infidelity. He also sent a stream of messages in which he used racist abuse including the word Paki.
The victim went to his local police station in Cardiff to seek protection and Jefferies was arrested and told police he sent the texts because he was 'very angry'.
Mr Brian FitzHerbert, defending, said:"This happened at a time of emotional turmoil and he very, very ashamed of his behaviour."
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