After being arrested Dale Rayner said he couldn’t remember making aggressive threats – and denied being racist as he had Muslim friends. Prosecutor Verity Barnes said Rayner told the handler that he was “walking the streets of Bradford armed with an axe, and he was ready to murder someone from the Islamic faith.”Throughout the 999 call, he hurled hostile racial slurs towards Muslims. Rayner said he was not a racist personIn an interview Rayner, of no fixed abode but previously of Daniel Court, Holme Wood, said he couldn’t recall what had happened. He said Rayner, who suffered from depression and metal health issues, had also stopped taking his medication. He said supporting Rayner was in the public interest and told him: “I am giving you a real opportunity.