Graham has previous convictions for dangerous driving and driving while disqualified.

Solicitor Simon Hutchison, defending, said Graham had “not been in a lot” of trouble in the last four to five years and that his record was mostly for road traffic offences.

Sheriff Christopher Shead deferred sentence until 6 March for a justice social work report and an assessment of Graham’s suitability for a restriction of liberty order – a home curfew enforced by an electronic ankle tag.

SOF began weekly protests outside the Cladhan Hotel in August after an asylum seeker was convicted of raping a teenage girl.

Graham announced the dissolution of the group in a post on its Facebook page earlier this week.

He said he would no longer be involved in organising or attending protests due to the attendance of far right groups.

“Marching alongside groups like Patriotic Alternative or the Homeland Party completely derails the message,” he wrote.

“This has gone far beyond protesting a hotel and failed immigration policies, and into territory that will only damage communities, discredit legitimate concerns and hand authorities the excuse to shut protests down altogether.”

Anti-racism group Stand Up To Racism described the move as a “victory for anti-racists and anti-fascists”.