A man has been convicted of “road rage”, on his mobility scooter.

Frederick Wilkinson, 53, of Llandudno, North Wales, was accused of upsetting pensioners, including another disability scooter rider, with foul-mouthed rants.

Bank customer David Houlston had been in the HSBC branch in the town’s main street last September when he heard a commotion outside. He told magistrates at Llandudno: ”Some person was swearing like a trooper. It was a male voice.

"There was a lady by the side of me, she got quite agitated. She was in her 70s. She appeared frightened.”

"The street was quite busy and a decorator, working outside, appeared shocked. He said: "some bloke has just had a go at me". I saw the mobility scooter disappearing down the road. It was Freddy.”

Mr Houlston said he had heard Wilkinson shouting at people before.

Mr Houlston said to the court: “It’s disgusting, isn’t it?” I was annoyed he gets away with it every single time.”

Betty McAuliffe, 76, said the same month she had been shopping at the town’s ASDA supermarket and went down a nearby path on her scooter when she saw “Freddy,” a former neighbour.

The pensioner said :”He was coming up the path with a trailer on the back of his scooter. I said to him ‘you can’t come up the path with a trailer’ because I couldn’t get past. He wasn’t very pleased. He wouldn’t let me pass him, I had to go around. He called after me."

She said she felt “quite sick” and down afterwards.

Wilkinson told his solicitor Graham Parry he found walking distances a problem although he did some gardening. He claimed someone with a similar voice had shouted at him outside the bank.

He said: “I get it every day. During the second incident he said he had left plenty of space for the other scooter to pass but the pensioner had expected him to reverse which was “totally unreasonable.”

He denied being abusive and said the OAP swore at him.

Nia Lloyd, prosecuting, said Wilkinson was suggesting two witnesses were trying to get him into trouble. He replied: "I get it all the time from drivers. I have been put on Facebook.”

Wilkinson’s lawyer questioned whether the magistrates could be sure the defendant uttered the words outside the bank. He said Mr Houlston didn’t see it happen.

Mr Parry said the second offence involved a “bit of a stand-off in terms of passing.”

But Wilkinson was found guilty following a trial of disorderly behaviour on September 11 and 29. He was fined a total of £120 and ordered to pay £230 costs.

A two-year restraining order bans contact with Betty McAuliffe.

Court chairwoman Angeline Lawson said the prosecution witnesses were “credible.” She said Mr Houlston correctly identified Wilkinson’s distinctive voice.

Last year Wilkinson, of St Andrew’s Avenue, Llandudno, had been cautioned for a public order offence, the prosecution said.