As I clearly said, "pikey" was the "racially aggravated" element of his conviction. Without the use of that word, there would have been no "racially aggravated" element. :shrug:
If you truly cannot see the difference between calling a specific person you know for sure will not be offended by the epithet "Darky" and calling all people of dark coloured skin "Darky" intending it to be taken as a term of abuse, I give up.
But, that's not the case, is it? You can tell the...
Have a read of this:
"A gardener is thought to have made legal history after being convicted of racially aggravated harassment for using the word ‘pikey’."
http://metro.co.uk/2007/12/13/pikey-is-now-a-race-hate-word-583752/
The man concerned assaulted a bouncer and abused a manageress. The...