Singer Lee Ryan has successfully applied to withdraw his guilty plea for 'drunkenly assaulting a police officer' during his arrest for abusing a black flight attendant.
A hearing in January was told the singer, 39, was “slurring his words and staggering around” after drinking a bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.
After being refused more alcohol on the plane and told to return to his seat, Lee made comments about attendant Leah Gordon’s looks, calling her a “chocolate cookie”, before grabbing her wrists.
Police footage showed Ryan “snarling” and swearing after allegedly trying to bite a Pc Bryett as officers attempted to arrest him on his arrival at the airport.
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