A man with 75 previous convictions was told by a judge that he had ‘two realities’ in his life.

Paul Snoad, 55, appeared at Northampton Crown Court to be sentenced for assaults on a man in McDonald’s as well as two people at Kettering General Hospital.

The court was told that, while subject to a suspended sentence he was given for running into a police officer while behind the wheel of his car, he walked into McDonald’s in Kettering on October 20 last year in the morning, drunk. He punched a man in the stomach and humiliated him about his weight.

His Honour Judge Rupert Mayo explained to the court that the man was ‘not that overweight’ and said that Snoad had returned to McDonald’s to again intimidate the man.

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Then, in January this year, Snoad was at KGH when he began to be abusive toward a member of staff who had gone to get him a sandwich, an incident which ended in an assault.

Dan Green, mitigating, said that Snoad had ADHD and alcohol issues.

The court was told that Snoad, of Fulmar Lane, Wellingborough, had previously been given a suspended sentence in January last year after hitting a police officer in his car.

The judge said: “There are two realities in your life running side by side – what really happened and there’s what you believe happened.

“You have some beliefs things are happening your way, but in real life they’re happening in ways that really affect people."

At that point, the judge began summarising Snoad’s offences and while talking about the incident in McDonald’s, Snoad began shaking his head and muttering.

Judge Mayo roared at him: “You’re not in Paul Snoad land now.”

“You’re rude to everyone who shows you hospitality.”

He had to shout ‘listen’ to him several times, and the custody officer in the dock even told him ‘you’re not helping yourself.’

Snoad was in court to be sentenced for: