Anti-asylum protest organiser fined for abusing police officer

The leader of a group which organised months of anti-immigration protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been fined for swearing at and abusing a police officer. Connor Graham, 28, admitted a breach of the peace after an incident outside the Hotel Cladhan in Falkirk on 6 December. He was the organiser of Save Our Futures and Our Kids' Futures (SOF) until he said in January that he had disbanded the group. Sheriff William Gilchrist fined Graham £540, telling him: "It's you who seem to be a risk to the local community, rather than individuals residing in this hotel." Speaking outside the court, Graham said he thought the sheriff's comments were "outrageous", and said he was an "upstanding citizen of this community". He added: "If anybody commits a crime they should be able to deal with the punishment. "I did make a mistake on that day by calling the officer what I called him." Falkirk Sheriff Court previously heard that Graham admitted acting aggressively and shouting and swearing and uttering threatening and derogatory remarks to PC Nathan Wilson while he was on duty. One of the remarks was said to have been a disablist slur against the officer. His not guilty plea to a