Drunk mum escorted off Ryanair flight from Lazarote by cops after 'two pints'
dailystar.co.uklager and abusing passengers and crew on a Ryanair flight.Cheshire-native Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, was on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester in February when she became rowdy.She started swearing at fellow travellers – and started abusing staff, too. READ MORE: Crazed otter chases jogger at park as she screams for help from watching onlookers Police were called to the plane just 17 minutes before it was due to land at 10.10pm, and the woman was placed at the back of the aircraft to protect others - although it was made clear that nobody was physically abused and that there was "no danger" of that happening during the woman's drunken escapades.
The case was heard this week at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, The Mirror reports.She had allegedly downed the alcohol to help with her “fear of flying”.Prosecutor Brian Berlyne said: “She may have underestimated the effect of the alcohol that was consumed.“Passengers in front of her had complained of her loud volume while she was speaking.“There was an irate response, resulting in the crew becoming involved.”As soon as she was arrested, police were able to tell she was drunk because the smell of alcohol on he breath was strong and her speech was “slurred and loud”.She tried to deny doing anything wrong, as CCTV caught her saying: “I didn't do nothing wrong.”Paul Wood, defending said: “The level of risk was low, in my opinion, and it was set against the background of her mental health issues.”He also described his client as a “positive good character”.The judge, Recorder Paul Reid QC, told the woman that he treats cases of being drunk of a flight “very seriously”, and gave the mum a three-month sentence, but said that it would be suspended for 18 months.He told her:.
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