A solicitor launched a foul-mouthed tirade at a railway worker after being told he was too drunk to catch a train, a court heard.

Roger Harris, 67, shouted “I’m a lawyer and you can’t stop me” before hurling abuse referring to Scottish railway worker Euan Cameron’s nationality.

The Ardingly solicitor missed his train from the City of London Station on January 29 last year.

The Old Bailey heard on Thursday that, while waiting for the next one, he visited the Old Bell pub in Fleet Street with a partner from property specialists Bower Cotton Khaitan.

After drinking three glasses of wine, Mr Harris returned to the station only to be denied entry.

Prosecutor Shazia Ahmed said: “Mr Cameron believed for his own safety he shouldn’t be travelling.

“He advised him to go and sober up.

“Mr Harris responded by saying, ‘I’m a lawyer and you can’t stop me’ and tried to push past him.”

The court heard that the pair began to struggle before Harris struck out at the railway worker, pushing him in the chest.

The lawyer continued to hurl abuse as he was detained and arrested, at one point making a remark about Mr Cameron’s Scottish nationality.

Arrested The court heard that Harris continued: “Do you knowwhat I do with people like you?

“I will roll you up and throw you out.

I’m a lawyer.”

Harris was arrested at the scene and kept in a police cell for seven hours.

The victim told the court: “It left me feeling shocked.

“I absented myself from work the day after the incident.”

Harris, of Munnion Road, Ardingly asked for his case to be heard at the Old Bailey, where he admitted assault by beating.

He was cleared of a more serious charge of racially aggravated assault after prosecutors offered no evidence.

Judge Charles Wide QC fined him £350 and ordered him to pay £100 compensation and £85 court costs.

Judge Wide said: “This was utterly disgraceful.

“There you are, a 67-year-old man of good character and good standing, under the influence of drink.

“People doing public service, as Mr Cameron was, deserve the protection of the courts and will get it.”