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The openly gay officer was probably slightly aggravated by it but knew the threshold for it being a crime was distress. Given that the phrase is a homophobic slur, it’s hard to feel sympathy for the convicted.
Muc-ed-off-
The officer also tried for 'with intent'. But I can't remember what the magistrate said about that bit. On the one hand it's great that a gay policeman can be open and that his colleagues support him when he wants to go to court to defend his right not to have homophobic slurs thrown at him. On the other hand the officer was guilty of wrongful arrest, assault, sexual assault and perjury. (The homophobic slur was said after the sexual assault.)
nick_h.
A chap I know got a criminal conviction for calling a policeman a 'batty boy'. The openly gay officer said this distressed him.