A man has been jailed after bursting into business class because he was refused alcohol.
Mohammed Amin, 33, was in economy while his parents were in business class when the incident occurred on a flight from Oman to Manchester.
Cabin crew refused to serve him vodka upon his parents’ instructions and so he stormed through the plane.
He snatched a drink from his father before demanding more alcohol, Minshull Street Crown Court was told yesterday.
He started racially abusing two hostesses and threatened to smash in the face of the cabin manager.
He was given a letter warning him about his behaviour before telling staff ‘suck my d**k. Wait until we get back to Manchester and you’ll see what happens to you.’
When his mother intervened to try and calm him down he said: ‘Go back bitch.’
With the help of four other passengers, Oman Air staff were eventually able to overpower him so he could be placed in restraints for the remaining several hours of the flight on August 19, 2019.
Prosecutor Zoe Dawson said: ‘A written warning letter was presented to the defendant, informing him of the consequences of any continued disruptive behaviour but he ripped it up and threw the pieces back toward [cabin director, Ahmed] Al-Rhabi.
‘He then squared up to him for 20 minutes, whilst other passengers sought to assist.
‘Eventually it was deemed necessary to apply the crews’ emergency restraints but due to there being only one male crew member on board, four male passengers were requested to assist in restraining the defendant.
‘He was taken to the floor and the restraints were applied, however he refused to sit still and continually attempted to escape leading crew to re-apply the restraints a further three times.’
Defending him Erim Mushtaq said: ‘The family equate drinking to be as bad as taking class A drugs and although he has controlled his drinking it’s a lifestyle choice for him.
‘The difficulty he has is they do not accept he should be able to exercise his free will to drink if he wants to. He is someone who believes that he should be able to exercise his rights, whereas his family want to impose on him what they consider for a good Muslim boy.’
He was jailed for a year after admitting interfering with cabin crew and common assault but denied being drunk.
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