A Pwllheli man has been jailed by magistrates after appearing in court to plead guilty to a charge of racially aggravate harassment.

Gethin Williams, of 3 Cae Dafis, appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on 5 May.

The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of the racially aggravated intentional harassment on Brett Loughrie in Pwllheli on 24 November last year.

Magistrates jailed Williams for a total of eight weeks.

The court heard that the offence was “so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified” because Williams has a “flagrant disregard for court orders” and has previous convictions.

The sentence was uplifted from a high level community order to a custodial sentence due to being racially aggravated, the court heard.