'You may consider yourself very fortunate…' mum avoids jail after drunken foul mouthed tirade on flight

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A mum was told she had been ‘very fortunate’ to avoid jail after launching a foul mouthed drunken tirade on a flight. Shirley Devine was held by police after the plane landed at Manchester Airport.

The cabin crew had called in officers because of the 44-year-old’s abusive behaviour, on a flight home from a family holiday in Gran Canaria.

Just weeks before the incident, she had appeared in court for drink driving. Deciding to give her another chance, Judge Elizabeth Nicholls said: “You may consider yourself very fortunate.” READ MORE: Man, 23, killed by his own cousin as Range Rover and Audi raced along main road Manchester Crown Court heard how earlier on during the flight, on September 30, cabin crew had noticed that she had been sitting with her head resting on her arms.

Devine told them she was okay, although they noted a smell of alcohol. Later, a member of the cabin crew felt someone push them from behind, as Devine tried to get around her.