The British legal system is at fault here. When he entered his guilty plea his previous criminal record could be accessed by the magistrate.
In 1998 he was convicted of actual bodily harm and sentenced to 100 hrs community service and fined.
A further 80 hrs community service and what amounts to £1100 in fines and court costs is hardly a sentence that reflects the very serious nature of his crime and does not take into account his previous conviction.
This type of crime is getting increasingly more frequent, the legal system needs to send out a message that on board an airliner, as indeed anywhere else, assault, threatening behaviour and harrassment will not be tolerated. Surely a custodial sentence for people that commit this type of crime is the only way of reducing the frequency of these incidents.
I agree with previous posts, the airlines certainly do need to get together and refuse the custom of convicted criminals and troublemakers such as Mr. Vinnie Jones.