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A drunken thug has avoided jail after he was caught on camera trashing a store by hurling bottles of wine at the shopkeeper.
CCTV shows Kenny Queen, from Clacton, Essex, destroying stock and throwing bottles of wine at the shop worker in a violent rage.
The serial offender, 27, was out of control on a mix of drink and drugs after downing two bottles of vodka and snorting three grammes of cocaine before the incident.
Queen, who has racked up 45 convictions in the past for 115 offences, caused thousands of pounds of damage but was spared jail.
The 30 second clip shows Queen entering the shop where he begins to speak to the shop worker before exploding into a fit of rage.
He then pulls down the display on the counter, and continues to trash the shop. Queen had entered the shop in Old Road, Clacton, Essex, a couple of minutes earlier with his partner.
His partner then tries to tell him stop but he pushes her away, whilst continuing to destroy the shop's displays. He then turns to the display of wines, pushed another display and smashes a number of bottles.
The criminal then grabs a bottle of wine by the stem and hurls it at the cashier who ducks for cover.However, he then slipped on the wine.
He then decides to grab two more bottles, throwing another at the shop worker before falling flat on his face.
As a young child looks through the window on the door, the criminal then attempts to throw a bottle of wine at him.
While this is happening other shoppers come into the store, with one ignoring the carnage whilst trying to buy milk. The shopper then becomes annoyed when the cashier won't get up and help her - complete carnage.
Eventually the police were called where Queen was arrested by officers that were forced to use CS spray to subdue him about five minutes after this clip is caught.
He was then sentenced for criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and breaching a previous suspended sentence at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday, May 12.
Queen also admitted breaching a suspended sentence order by not turning up to appointments.
Karl Volz, prosecuting, said: 'He was smashing and throwing wine bottles from a display at the owner and his partner. The owner was trapped behind the counter. He was being pinned in by a barrage.'
About £6,000 damage was caused to the shop.
Among Queen's 110 offences before the most recent sentence was a racist attack at a shop in the same road where a bottle was thrown. Another involved him threatening police with a machete and Samurai sword after another booze and cocaine binge.
Lucy Osborne, mitigating, said: 'He has no recollection of this incident whatsoever. He accepts entirely this is an appalling incident. He has expressed his upmost remorse.'
The court heard that he had struggled since a number of deaths when he was 16, including his mother's murder.
Shortly before this incident he heard his mother's killer was applying for parole and his maternal grandfather was dying.
Judge Emma Peters said: 'What I have got is a man with a horrific record. I sympathise immensely with the fact his mother was murdered but you have 100-plus convictions and you are 27.
'You went into that shop and completely lost it. You behaved in an extraordinary way, a complete loss of control.
'The most obvious thing to do is to send you to prison. That is what I probably should do but I see something in you which makes me think you are about to turn a corner. I am going to give you a chance.'
Queen was sentenced to four months in jail for criminal damage, six months for possesion of the weapon, two months for assaulting a police officer and four months for public order.
The 16-month sentence was suspended for two years with Thinking Skills and building better relationship requirements, as well as being ordered to complete 20 hours unpaid work for breaching a suspended sentence.