Why Hasn't This Rapist Hasn't Yet Been Sent Back To Somalia?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6818057/Rapist-30-deportation-flight-stopped-passenger-mutiny-UK.html

I hope that those ridiculous plane passenger mutineers are pleased with themselves.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT, you said, "But if you had bothered to view the video they definitely weren't white British holiday makers."

Not sure why you say that. Did you not see the bearded white man in the blue polo shirt, using his 'phone to record the incident and speaking with an English accent?

[237SJ]

Seems like the instigator was a British bloke. I`d love to see what he has to say now about his actions.

[New Judge]

“Arrested for what?”

A Public Order Act offence (which includes Affray as suggested). If Affray (Section 3 of the POA) is not deemed appropriate then Section 4 (Threatening behaviour – fear or provocation of violence) or Section 4A (Disorderly behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress); Possibly endangering the safety of an aircraft; most airports have a byelaw similar to this for Gatwick:

“3(19) Obstruction: No person shall intentionally obstruct or interfere with the proper use of the Airport or with any person acting in the execution of his duty in relation to the operation of the Airport.

There's any one of a number of things (many of which I probably haven't thought of). One thing's for sure - the authorities cannot tolerate the disruption of an aircraft flight by what is essentially passenger disruption. Going back to basics, the captain of a aircraft has the absolute authority to have removed from the aircraft any person whom he or she believes threatens the integrity or ssafety of the flight.


"...so in my book they did act correctly as clearly they thought that to be the case."

Well as this example clearly demonstrates they were wrong and that's why action based on such uninformed opinion can be permitted.

[237SJ]

The offences (refusing to comply with instructions given by crew and disruptive behaviour) are contained within the Air Navigation Order. I don't know why the Captain didn't just offload the perpetrators. I have a friend who was a Captain with Turkish at the time - he would have chucked off the pax and gladly taken the deportee to his destination.

[naomi24]

^Quite right too.

[spathiphyllum]

Better question is, why do random Turkish holidaymakers have any say over our justice system??

[naomi24]

spath, no one said the passengers were Turkish. This was a Turkish Airlines flight going from Heathrow.

[spathiphyllum]

holiday makers to turkey then, either way, random people who have no idea, no say or any background info given the right to decide a criminals fate? Why? Just tell them to shut up or get off the flight.

[naomi24]

On that we agree, spath.

[Zacs-Master]

naomi24 ‘spath, no one said the passengers were Turkish’

Squad 12:50, Sunday: ‘seem to be foreigners, maybe Turkish‘

[naomi24]

Spath, apparently sqad thinks they might have been Turkish.