Helicopter laser thug jailed for four months
Jailed: Liam Coe flashed a laser pointer at a police helicopter
A thug who tried to dazzle an airborne police helicopter pilot by shining a green laser pen at him has been jailed for four months.
Liam Coe, 21, shone it from the ground at the cockpit of the aircraft being flown at 600ft by Captain Richard Hornby over Manchester.
Kim Irving, prosecuting, said: 'The pilot said it could have been very dangerous.'
Coe, from Hollingworth, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to recklessly acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft.
Jailing him on Friday, Judge Andrew Lowcock said: 'That was the most appalingly dangerous thing to do. It could have had the most terrible consequences. People involved in these things must go to prison.'
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