A STROUD man has been found guilty of racially aggravated harassment.

Stuart Dowler, aged 60, of Park View Drive, Cashes Green, was convicted of using threatening and abusive language, causing distress and alarm to a woman on January 7 last year in Stroud. 

Dowler pleaded not guilty to the offence on August 4 but was found guilty on December 11 at Cheltenham Magistrates Court.

Dowler appeared at the same court on Thursday, January 25 where the case was adjourned for sentencing until March 7.