Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A man attempted to board a flight to Dubai using a fake boarding pass, then pretended to be passenger who had already boarded in order to get a free ticket.
Yann Ilunga, 25, was due to meet a ‘lady friend’ at a hotel in the Arab city, but his plans were halted when he was found with a doctored boarding card.
He had altered the airport code on the electronic ticket on his mobile phone, changing it from LHR (Heathrow) to MAN (Manchester Airport), Minshull Street Crown Court heard. READ MORE:Men stormed into home and threatened mum with hammer in bid to steal puppies After failing to get through security he then tried to use personal details of another
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