Ryanair passenger who confronted female cabin crew and told them to ‘go f*** themselves’ after they refused to serve him alcohol when he got drunk to cope with fear of flying is fined £700
- Mark Warne, 47, aimed to get drunk in the airport in Barcelona to cope with fear
- But onboard, he launched rant, telling attendant ‘f**k off’ and squared up to her
- Upon landing, police were called to Bournemouth Airport and arrested him
- Warne pleaded guilty on appearance at Poole Magistrates’ Court and fined £700
A passenger onboard a Ryanair flight who told a female cabin crew member to ‘go f*** themselves’ after she refused to serve him alcohol has been fined £700.
Mark Warne decided to get drunk in the airport in Barcelona, Spain, to cope with his fear of flying, a court heard.
Warne, who had been for a weekend away in the Spanish city, became so disorderly onboard the Ryanair flight home to Bournemouth, Dorset, that the crew refused to serve him alcohol.
The 47-year-old then launched into an aggressive rant, telling a female flight attendant to ‘f**k off’ and at one point squaring up to her.
Mark Warne decided to get drunk in the airport in Barcelona, Spain, to cope with his fear of flying, a court heard
He continued to hurl insults at staff, telling them to ‘go f*** themselves’ and that they were ‘f***ing nothing’.
One air hostess was reportedly left in tears by Warne’s drunken behaviour.
The pilot radioed air traffic control and the police were called to Bournemouth Airport.
Officers boarded the plane after it landed, put Warne in handcuffs and led him out of the cabin in front of all the other passengers.
The demolition machine operator pleaded guilty to one count of behaving in a threatening, abusive, insulting or disorderly manner when he appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court.
Warne, from New Milton, Hants, was fined £700 for the ‘appalling’ act which occurred during the Queen’s funeral on September 19.
Warne, who had been for a weekend away in the Spanish city, became so disordered onboard the Ryanair flight home to Bournemouth, Dorset, that the crew refused to serve him alcohol
The 47-year-old then launched into an aggressive rant, telling a female flight attendant to ‘f**k off’ and at one point squaring up to her
Nicola Reece, prosecuting, told the court: ‘On September 19, police were called by air traffic control after receiving reports of a disruptive and abusive character.
‘The flight had come from Barcelona. It was explained that when the defendant boarded he had clearly been drinking.
‘They (cabin crew) refused to serve him any alcohol. He was not happy about that. He repeatedly told them to f**k off. He told them to go f**k themselves and said ‘you are f***ing nothing’.
‘At one point he got up close to one of the air crew. His behaviour left one of the stewardesses in tears.’
Philomena Murphy, defending, explained that Warne had gotten drunk at the airport in Spain to cope with his fear of flying and ‘could not understand how he got into such a state’.
She said he deeply regretted his actions and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.
Ms Murphy said: ‘Putting this matter into context, he had been away with friends for the weekend and had taken alcohol at the airport.
Footage captured at the time shows him being arrested by police aboard the Ryanair aircraft at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, after arriving from Girona, Spain. The passenger verbally abused a flight attendant after she refused to serve him more alcohol
‘The reason for that was that one of his fears is flying. One of the ways he deals with that is drinking.
‘This isn’t a man who usually behaves in this nature. It is simply out of character. He cannot understand how he got himself into that state.’
Fiona McKenna, the presiding magistrate, described Warne’s behaviour as ‘appalling’ and told him to find a better way of dealing with his phobia.
She said: ‘These people are looking after you on a plane and they have to deal with that. You have got to think about another way of dealing with your fear of flying.
‘These people are going to work to do a good job and they should not be having to deal with that.’
Warne was ordered to pay £687 which included a £430 fine, £85 court costs, and a £172 victim surcharge.
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