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Old 17th May 2004, 21:28
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As reported on BBC News
Jail term for man drunk on flight

A drunken airline passenger who asked a man to step "outside" for a fight has been jailed for three months.

Lee Rust, 30, of Plymouth, admitted being drunk and disorderly after downing a bottle of vodka before and during the flight from Alicante to Bristol.

The shipbuilder began abusing passengers just 20 minutes into the journey, Bristol Crown Court heard.

Sentencing Rust, Judge Michael Roach said: "This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated on an aircraft."

Prosecutor Ramin Pakrooh said Rust started standing up and swearing early in the easyJet flight on 20 January this year and continued until he arrived in Bristol.

In an attempt to calm him down, a member of the cabin crew was forced to sit with Rust to prevent him from disrupting the flight.
W.r.t. 'asked a man to step "outside" for a fight'.... what can one say except 'kin priceless and oh perchance to dream !
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