A Sandys man has admitted racially intimidating medics and police officers after crashing his motorcycle while drunk.

At 9.15pm on April 19, emergency services attended a single-vehicle crash on North Shore Road outside the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

At the scene, they discovered a damaged blue PGO cycle along with its driver, 51-year-old Joseph Lima.

As EMTs attempted to tend to Lima’s injuries, he refused assistance and became violent, unleashing a tirade of racist abuse.

The defendant was found to have a strong smell of liquor on his breath and glazed eyes, while his speech was garbled.

When asked if he had consumed alcohol that evening, Lima replied: “F*** off you dumb black n***** b******.”

After refusing to provide a breath sample, the defendant was restrained by two officers and taken to Hamilton Police Station.

Once there, Lima continued being belligerent and using offensive language, telling one officer: “Go on, f*** off black boy.”

This morning, Magistrates’ Court heard that the defendant had a string of convictions dating back to 1978 — including dishonesty, theft, violence, fraud and robbery — and had attended drug treatment court in 2007.

His last court appearance was in 2009, for stealing seven bottles of Absolut vodka.

Regarding last month’s incident, Lima begged Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo for mercy — telling him he was unable to work since having quadruple heart bypass surgery.

He added: “I want to apologise. I am sincerely sorry, ashamed and embarrassed.

“As for the racial stuff, I don’t remember doing it but I’m not like that. This is not me. My first girlfriend was a black girl.”

Mr Tokunbo replied that too much alcohol can reveal a person’s true thoughts, adding: “You can’t work. You can do prison time though.”

The defendant said: “This will never happen again. I’m going to sell that bike.”

Mr Tokunbo replied: “It’s not the bike you need to sell, it’s the alcohol and the attitude.”

Lima pleaded guilty to two counts of racial intimidation, one count of driving while impaired and one count of refusing a breath test

The magistrate disqualified him from driving all vehicles for two years, and ordered a Social Inquiry Report and a drug assessment.

He adjourned sentencing until June 21, and released the defendant on $5,000 bail.

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