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British man, 66, who put hand up a Jet2 stewardess’s skirt’ flying from Leeds to Spain faces trial
British man, 66, who put a hand up a Jet2 stewardess’s skirt. The flight makes an emergency landing.
According to regional prosecutor Renaud Gaudeul, the 66-year-old man has already acknowledged the attack on the flight from Leeds, England, to Alicante, Spain, which necessitated the emergency landing in Nantes, western France, on Saturday morning.
The male air steward was detained and the female air steward filed a complaint as the emergency landing was ordered by the captain of the flight, according to a statement from the French border authorities to AFP.
The senior has now been released under court supervision and must appear in court for the trial on December 13, according to a statement from Nantes prosecutors.
The defendant “acknowledged the offence perpetrated against the flight attendant. When he was turned over to the border police, he was severely inebriated, said Gaudeul.
The man had been travelling with the budget British airline Jet2, the Ouest France daily added. He is allegedly accused of reaching under the air hostess’ skirt and touching her private areas while the in-flight refreshments were being served.
A Ryanair flight from Manchester, England, to Faro, Portugal, was also detoured to Nantes airport in the middle of May after five intoxicated English passengers agitated other passengers.
