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Drunken cop terrorized flight
Apr. 16, 2004. 01:00 AM
Police officer terrorized WestJet flight
Toronto constable convicted of sex assault, threats
Court hears how flight attendant endured abuse
PAUL MORSE
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
www.thestar.com
A drunk Toronto police constable who threatened to kill passengers and crew on a Hamilton-bound WestJet flight, sexually assaulted a female flight attendant and was dragged off the plane by police has been convicted.
Constable Amarjit Singh Grewal, 34, pleaded guilty yesterday in a Hamilton courtroom to making death threats, assault and sexual assault.
Grewal had also faced a charge of endangering an aircraft, which was withdrawn.
The ordeal began 39 minutes into a 3 1/2-hour flight from Edmonton to Hamilton on Aug. 27, 2002, when crew members noticed Grewal acting strangely toward a little girl and her father sitting across the aisle from him.
An intoxicated Grewal, a 14-year uniformed Toronto police officer with the central traffic bureau, kept shoving a $100 bill at the father, insisting he was trying to help them, according to an agreed statement of facts heard by Ontario Court Justice Robert Weseloh.
The attendant, who by court order cannot be identified, arranged to move the father and little girl to other seats after the man told her he was scared.
Grewal became very angry. He placed his right hand in the air like a gun, and shouted, "You have no idea what I can do to all of these people on the plane. I could f------ blow them away."
Grewal told the attendant he was a millionaire, could supply people with cocaine, and that he had just gone through a divorce.
"I try to be good, but I always end up being bad," he told her.
While other crew alerted the captain, the attendant talked him into moving to the last row.
She began to panic when Grewal pushed her into the window seat, pressed up against her and began to stroke her face while speaking in a foreign language.
"He grabbed my right arm, placed his hand behind my neck and head-butted me. He continued to do that throughout the flight," court heard.
Grewal touched her breast, "and put his hand down my pants, inside my underwear and grabbed my rear end."
He also grabbed another flight attendant around the back of her neck, pulled her face to his, and said, "I have control. Are you girls going to be bad to me?"
Meanwhile, the plane's captain radioed for help. The flight could not be diverted to Winnipeg because of thunderstorms so it continued to Hamilton.
Grewal told the attendant he owned yachts where guests had drugs, alcohol "and lots of sex."
When Grewal went to the bathroom, the captain asked the attendant to keep him distracted. He continued to grab her. "He said he would jump on top of me and have sex in the seat."
When the plane landed in Hamilton at 1:30 a.m., police hustled Grewal away. He was suspended without pay.
He will be sentenced June 24 in Hamilton.
Police officer terrorized WestJet flight
Toronto constable convicted of sex assault, threats
Court hears how flight attendant endured abuse
PAUL MORSE
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
www.thestar.com
A drunk Toronto police constable who threatened to kill passengers and crew on a Hamilton-bound WestJet flight, sexually assaulted a female flight attendant and was dragged off the plane by police has been convicted.
Constable Amarjit Singh Grewal, 34, pleaded guilty yesterday in a Hamilton courtroom to making death threats, assault and sexual assault.
Grewal had also faced a charge of endangering an aircraft, which was withdrawn.
The ordeal began 39 minutes into a 3 1/2-hour flight from Edmonton to Hamilton on Aug. 27, 2002, when crew members noticed Grewal acting strangely toward a little girl and her father sitting across the aisle from him.
An intoxicated Grewal, a 14-year uniformed Toronto police officer with the central traffic bureau, kept shoving a $100 bill at the father, insisting he was trying to help them, according to an agreed statement of facts heard by Ontario Court Justice Robert Weseloh.
The attendant, who by court order cannot be identified, arranged to move the father and little girl to other seats after the man told her he was scared.
Grewal became very angry. He placed his right hand in the air like a gun, and shouted, "You have no idea what I can do to all of these people on the plane. I could f------ blow them away."
Grewal told the attendant he was a millionaire, could supply people with cocaine, and that he had just gone through a divorce.
"I try to be good, but I always end up being bad," he told her.
While other crew alerted the captain, the attendant talked him into moving to the last row.
She began to panic when Grewal pushed her into the window seat, pressed up against her and began to stroke her face while speaking in a foreign language.
"He grabbed my right arm, placed his hand behind my neck and head-butted me. He continued to do that throughout the flight," court heard.
Grewal touched her breast, "and put his hand down my pants, inside my underwear and grabbed my rear end."
He also grabbed another flight attendant around the back of her neck, pulled her face to his, and said, "I have control. Are you girls going to be bad to me?"
Meanwhile, the plane's captain radioed for help. The flight could not be diverted to Winnipeg because of thunderstorms so it continued to Hamilton.
Grewal told the attendant he owned yachts where guests had drugs, alcohol "and lots of sex."
When Grewal went to the bathroom, the captain asked the attendant to keep him distracted. He continued to grab her. "He said he would jump on top of me and have sex in the seat."
When the plane landed in Hamilton at 1:30 a.m., police hustled Grewal away. He was suspended without pay.
He will be sentenced June 24 in Hamilton.
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what the!!!!
Far out, i aint no expert in the rules of restraining people, but hey, if hes sexually assulting people on the flight let alone the flamin' crew, threatening to blow the plane up, and headbutting people... whythey hell did it continue to happen throughout the flight..?
Why didnt they just restrain him? I was reading threads on here about a Lufthansia flight where some guy was knocking on the cockpit door, screaming "we all must die" and they gave him an injection and put him to sleep once he was restrained..
All i wanna know is why didnt they do it to him, and 14 years in the police force... no offence but your a
ditz!!!!!!
Far out, i aint no expert in the rules of restraining people, but hey, if hes sexually assulting people on the flight let alone the flamin' crew, threatening to blow the plane up, and headbutting people... whythey hell did it continue to happen throughout the flight..?
Why didnt they just restrain him? I was reading threads on here about a Lufthansia flight where some guy was knocking on the cockpit door, screaming "we all must die" and they gave him an injection and put him to sleep once he was restrained..
All i wanna know is why didnt they do it to him, and 14 years in the police force... no offence but your a
ditz!!!!!!
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I was reading this and thinking ..... what the.....why did nobody intervene, particularly after 9-11 ! Then I remembered it was in Canada ...... !! Say no more !! Only kidding Cannucks..... despite your (our) meek and mild reputation I'm really surprised he wasn't challenged !! After attacking the hosties he would have been by me even if I had to rum up support first !!
Mind you, I'm really shocked to hear it was a so called, 'cop' ! We all know ther are bad eggs out there, but he must be a total frickin loser to think he can behave like that on a plane and for nothing to happen !!?? Wot was he on !!
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Mind you, I'm really shocked to hear it was a so called, 'cop' ! We all know ther are bad eggs out there, but he must be a total frickin loser to think he can behave like that on a plane and for nothing to happen !!?? Wot was he on !!
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First, you have to realise that the Toronto Star is in the same league as the UK Sun or NotW. While obviously this br was drunk* and offensive (in all senses), it may not have gone down exactly as the journo reports. ...continued to headbutt throughout the flight... seems strange, either that's one tough stew or one weak headbutter.
Yes, Canadian reticence may have had a part in no-one else intervening, but AIUI this was all happening in the last row and there's no report of the pk rampaging through the cabin. Perhaps the rest of ther pax were unaware of what was going on, seems the CC didn't ask for assistance.
And being a cop here is no guarantee of good character or morals as a google search will demonstrate.
* and probably drunk before boarding. How many times... ???
r was drunk* and offensive (in all senses), it may not have gone down exactly as the journo reports. ...continued to headbutt throughout the flight... seems strange, either that's one tough stew or one weak headbutter.Yes, Canadian reticence may have had a part in no-one else intervening, but AIUI this was all happening in the last row and there's no report of the p
k rampaging through the cabin. Perhaps the rest of ther pax were unaware of what was going on, seems the CC didn't ask for assistance. And being a cop here is no guarantee of good character or morals as a google search will demonstrate.
* and probably drunk before boarding. How many times... ???
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He grabbed my right arm, placed his hand behind my neck
QUOTE]"and put his hand down............ [/QUOTE]
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He also grabbed another flight attendant around the back of her neck,
PT's point is more than fair, and. Flight took place late at night, so there may have not been many passengers on board, and those there could very well have been asleep. Who knows?
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An incident like this could only happen in extremely liberal Canada.
On a US flight the pax would have had this guy wrapped up in no time, never mind the crew!
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On a US flight the pax would have had this guy wrapped up in no time, never mind the crew!
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