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Man who went on racial tirade at Vancouver SkyTrain in court for possible sentencing

Peter Anthony Gagen in a still photo from a video posted to social media last year. Facebook

The man charged in connection with an assault at a Vancouver SkyTrain station will be back in court today.

Peter Anthony Gagen pleaded guilty to charges of assault and uttering threats last month.

He went on a racial tirade towards a woman and her son in August 2016, and then attacked a Good Samaritan who jumped in to help.

The man said Gagen also spat on him in the process.

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Gagen could be sentenced today. He is also in court for a psychiatric report.

WATCH: (Aired August 2016) Court hears about the mental state of a man charged in a possible racially motivated attack at a Skytrain station:

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