A TEENAGER admitted racially abusing and then assaulting a nightclub doorman following an alcohol-fuelled night out in Swindon.

Jordan Watts, 19, of Malmesbury Road, Leigh, has been told he must carry out 80 hours unpaid works after he admitted telling a doorman of Asian descent he shouldn’t be in the country and doing a Nazi salute.

In a scuffle which followed, he also elbowed another doorman, causing bruising to his eye, Swindon Magistrates' Court heard yesterday.

As well as the unpaid work, Watts must also pay nearly £300 in compensation, court fees and a victim surcharge.

The incident occurred in the early hours of August 15, the court heard.

Watts had been on a night out and ended up in Rift, on Bridge Street.

Pauline Lambert, prosecuting, said: “At around 1am Mr Watts was ejected from Rift by one of the doorman, who was Polish.

“As he was being escorted out, he was shouting that the doorman was coming over here and taking our jobs.

“He was restrained until reaching a barrier outside at which point he was released.”

Outside, the Polish doorman was joined by his Asian colleague at the door, she said.

However instead of leaving, Watts continued to hurl abuse at the pair.

“He shouted ‘you should not even be in the country’ at one doorman because he was obviously Asian,” said Miss Lambert.

“He did a Nazi salute at the other doorman and then shouted he would rather be a Nazi than Polish.”

Watts then approached the doorman and was waving his arms about while still shouting abuse.

One of the doormen moved across and was hit in the right eye by an elbow the teenager.

The doormen described him as being clearly drunk and they restrained him until police arrived.

Esther Bisgrove, who was defending Watts, said: “Up until now he has been of good character. He has never appeared in court and has no previous convictions.

“Mr Watts remembers little of what happened and when told admitted what he said was a bit extreme.

“He is not someone who is inherently racist and in fact speaking to him, he is a calm individual.

"The role of demon drink has clearly played its part. Mr Watts is not someone who drinks that often. In fact the last time he did drink alcohol was at New Year’s Eve.”

Handing down the order, chairman of bench Jonathon Chappell described the events as a “nasty incident” and warned Watts he risked jail if the terms of the community order were not met.