A racist lout who abused a mother in front of her children in a busy supermarket was yesterday fined £550.

Paul McClure, 38, told mum-of-two Zaitoon Salamat to “go back to your own country” in a vile tirade at the self-service checkouts at Asda in Toryglen, Glasgow.

McClure, a chef, pleaded guilty yesterday at Glasgow Sheriff Court to acting in a threatening and abusive manner which was racially aggravated.

Zaitoon’s two young children watched on as their mother was abused by drunken McClure.

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Prosecutor Clara Smeaton said: “She thought the conversation was friendly at first, but as it continued, things became heated and a heated exchange took place.”

“McClure told her ‘Go back to your own country’ and then said ‘ f**k off.’”

Police arrested McClure in his Rutherglen home the following week discovered he was a former employee at the store.

McClure, who defended himself in court, claimed he is not racist. He told the court: “There are no excuses, I was under the influence of alcohol.

“I lost my job after a video of this was put on the internet and was in three newspapers.”

Sheriff Stuart Reid fined him £550 and said: “This type of behaviour is just unacceptable and shouldn’t be tolerated at all.”