DUBAI // A drunk plane passenger sentenced to six-months in jail after threatening to kill a flight attendant if she did not serve him more alcohol must see out his prison term, the Court of Appeal ruled.
In January this year the Dubai Criminal Court the court heard how AM, 42, from the UK, ordered alcohol before the Emirates flight from London to Dubai took off and again 20 minutes after the plane was in the air.
“He was throwing away food on the floor, then eating off the floor,” said Indian flight attendant B S, 30.
“I asked him to return to his seat and have his meal there. I then brought a garbage bag and started picking up the food he threw away.
“He also threw food on passengers around him. Some asked to change seats from near him.”
As BS cleaned up, AM aggressively pulled her shirt. When she asked him to stop, he got up from his seat and insulted her.
“He stood up and told me I was trash, a sex slave and a b****,” she said, adding that AM also insulted her colleagues.
He then threatened to slap B S, kill her and chop her up if she did not give him more alcohol.
AM fell asleep shortly before landing. He also insulted police who were waiting for the plane, court records showed.
He denied the charges, including illegal consumption of alcohol. AM will be deported after competing his sentence.
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