He had to be restrained
Robert Smith, 45, had managed to get through the gate for his flight at the airport on May 18, 2022 after denying being drunk. He was heading to Tenerife on a Jet2 flight at 4.20pm, and had already been spotted by staff knocking over a stool in the airport bar, West Yorkshire Police said.
He was abusive towards a female member of staff, who then called for help from her colleagues. Staff told a pleading Smith again that he could not board drunk, and that he would need to be escorted back through border control. He later admitted two counts of common assault. On Monday, January 30, he was sentenced at Leeds Magistrates Court to eight months in prison, suspended for a year.
“Airline staff, and the police officers who support them, should be able to carry out their duties without having to face the kind of completely unnecessary threats and violence they encountered during this incident.
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