Corby man racially abused psychiatrist
By Kate Cronin
Published 20th Oct 2026, 06:00 BST
A man has been in court to be sentenced for a string of racially-motivated incidents against police officers and a doctor.
Robert Brown was at Northampton Crown Court last week to be sentenced for the incidents that happened at the Corby Cube in June.
The 61-year-old was given 20 weeks in prison after His Honour Judge William Harbage heard that he had racially abused a local psychiatrist.
He then racially abused a police officer during his arrest at the Corby Cube, and was found to have a folding pocket knife and an amount of amphetamine on him
He pleaded guilty to two counts of racially-motivated harassment, possession of a knife and possession of a class-C drug.
One count of assaulting a police officer was left to lie on file.
Brown, of no fixed abode, was given 20 weeks in prison and ordered to pay a surcharge of £154.