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Rachel Street, who has been spared jail at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in London following a drunken attack on a Virgin Atlantic flight (Jonathan Brady/PA)
An airline passenger who shouted “I hope this plane crashes” during a drunken attack on a flight from Barbados to Heathrow has been spared jail.
Rachel Street, from south London, “lashed out” at Virgin Atlantic staff and pulled one woman s hair following a “litany of abuse” while travelling back from the Caribbean island on 5 January.
A court heard how the self-employed production assistant was moved from first class to the economy area of the plane after being “loud and abusive”, before barging back in and “lashing out” at a flight attendant.
First class Virgin Atlantic passenger spared jail despite apalling drunken attack at 40,000ft
Rachel Street shouted I hope this plane crashes during a flight from Barbados to Heathrow
Rachel Street pleaded guilty to drunkenly assaulting a woman on a Virgin flight from Barbados to Heathrow
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By Press Association 2021
Rachel Street
A first-class airline passenger who shouted “I hope this plane crashes” while carrying out an “utterly appalling” drunken attack during a flight from Barbados to Heathrow has been spared jail.
Rachel Street, from south London, “lashed out” at Virgin Atlantic staff and pulled one woman’s hair following a “litany of abuse” while travelling back from the Caribbean island on January 5.
Appearing at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the 41-year-old was fined £10,000, made the subject of a 7pm to 7am curfew for six months and a rehabilitation requirement, and ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation.
The self-employed production assistant was also handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
A first-class airline passenger who shouted “I hope this plane crashes” while carrying out an “utterly appalling” drunken attack during a flight from Barbados to Heathrow has been spared jail. Rachel Street, from south London, “lashed out” at Virgin Atlantic staff and pulled one woman’s hair following a “litany of abuse” while travelling back from the Caribbean island on January 5. Appearing at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the 41-year-old was fined £10,000, made the subject of a 7pm to 7am curfew for six months and a rehabilitation requirement, and ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation. The self-employed production assistant was also handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Monday April 26, 2021, 4:54 PM
A first-class airline passenger who shouted “I hope this plane crashes” while carrying out an “utterly appalling” drunken attack during a flight from Barbados to Heathrow has been spared jail.
Rachel Street, from south London, “lashed out” at Virgin Atlantic staff and pulled one woman’s hair following a “litany of abuse” while travelling back from the Caribbean island on January 5.
Appearing at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the 41-year-old was fined £10,000, made the subject of a 7pm to 7am curfew for six months and a rehabilitation requirement, and ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation.
The self-employed production assistant was also handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.