A chartered engineer, who told Asian Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport: “Your kind are going to let terrorists into the country,” has been fined for what a Crown Court judge branded “disgraceful behaviour.”

Timothy Alban Wynne-Jones, 55, was told his passport would have to pass a forgery check and replied: “So, you’re not going to let me into the country. You’re going to let these terrorists into the country.”

At an earlier hearing Wynne-Jones, of Beechcroft Avenue, Croxley, was convicted of two counts of racially aggravated harassment towards officers Afsheen Raja, 36 and Naheed Yacub, 34 on January 22, last year.

He was fined £1,000 on each count, ordered to pay each officer £2,500 compensation, a victim surcharge of £120 and to pay £3,500 in court costs on top of his own legal fees of £8,500 – a total of £19,120. He was ordered to pay at £750 a month or face 90 days prison.

“You are in your mid-fifties and have never been in trouble before,” Isleworth Crown Court Judge Robin Johnson told Wynne-Jones.

“I have to sentence you for your disgraceful conduct at London Heathrow. Those who work at passport control perform an essential service and often passengers arrive tired and frustrated and are rude and abusive.

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“Your conduct went well beyond the rudeness that arises. You were abusive and racist in your language and only your good character and the fact that you must have passed through the airport hundreds of times without incident prevents a more serious sentence.

“The compensation is for your foul behaviour,” added the judge.

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Border Force officers Naheed Yacub and Afsheen Raja were racially harassed by Wynne-Jones

Wynne-Jones’s attempt to pay the financial penalties off at a lower rate than the one set by the judge was rejected.

The judge said: “The pre-sentence report mentions his income and if it is anything like that he can pay more than five hundred pounds a month.”

Wynne-Jones presented his British passport at Terminal Four after a trip to Bulgaria.

The microchip could not be opened and when he heard a supervisor named Harpreet was needed Wynne-Jones responded: “Another Indian? There are far too many Indians protecting the border.”

The court was told that his outburst nearly ended his marriage.

“His wife is a German national who was very unhappy and threatened to leave her husband because of this conviction,” said Sam Trefgarne, defending.

Prosecutor Alec Williams told the court: “Rather than wait Mr. Wynne-Jones’ response was to get annoyed and become racially abusive.”

The jury heard that as a bearded Asian male passed through passport control Wynne-Jones added: “Ah look. You’re letting a terrorist through. I’m the only British person here, you’re all terrorists.”

When questioned by police Wynne-Jones conceded he may have been abrupt, but denied using the racist words.

When his passport was taken for a forgery check Wynne-Jones became more annoyed. “He said it was the British government issuing these Mickey Mouse passports.” added Mr Williams.

When the forgery officer returned he asked: “Are you checking that I’m British?”

Officer Raja said she took offence at his comment referring to people of ‘your kind.’

“I felt because I’m of Asian origin he was referring to my race,” she said.

Officer Yacub told the jury: “He laughed and said to me: ‘Ah look. We have a terrorist protecting the border.’

“He said I wasn’t British and I didn’t have a British passport.”