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Demanding a meal killed in the Islamic tradition
Sept 20, 2015 3:58:38 GMT -5
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Convicted drug dealer Ibrar Zada, 25, verbally abused two air stewardesses as he returned to Birmingham on a Thomson flight from Hurghada International Airport in Egypt.
Shortly into the flight, the cabin crew ran out of hot food but continued to serve the passengers with meals left in the kitchen. But when a staff member approached Zada he demanded Halal food, which staff told him they didn't have.
Later on during the flight on March 27 this year, Zada used the attention button to call cabin crew and again demanded a meal killed in the Islamic tradition, which directs that animals must be alive and healthy at the time of slaughter and all blood drained from the carcass.
Despite being repeatedly asked to calm down, the defendant started to use foul and abusive language towards staff and continued to show aggression. As the Boeing 757 touched down at Birmingham Airport in the early hours of March 28, Zada was arrested by waiting police.
Zada was found guilty of using "threatening, abusive or insulting words" towards members of the crew in breach of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, after a trial at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.
Today he was fined £480 and ordered to pay £150 compensation to the two injured parties as well as £620 court costs.
Speaking after the hearing, Liz Rider, Senior Crown Prosecutor from West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, said Zada's behaviour was "distressing" for cabin crew members and "upsetting" for his fellow passengers.
He said: "Having been told on a number of occasions that the aircraft did not have any Halalfood, Zada resorted to using foul and abusive language towards the cabin crew.
"He was warned a number of times to calm down, but he failed to comply and as a consequence he was arrested when the aircraft landed at the airport and he has today been convicted of his actions.
"It is important that air travellers understand that this type of behaviour on passenger flight will not be tolerated.
"Those who commit such offences by abusing or threatening crew members will be robustly prosecuted."
Zada, from Small Heath in Birmingham, was sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in July 2012.
He was among a ten-strong drugs gang jailed for nearly 30 years.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/606333/Muslim-plane-passenger-abusive-Thomson-halal-food
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Shortly into the flight, the cabin crew ran out of hot food but continued to serve the passengers with meals left in the kitchen. But when a staff member approached Zada he demanded Halal food, which staff told him they didn't have.
Later on during the flight on March 27 this year, Zada used the attention button to call cabin crew and again demanded a meal killed in the Islamic tradition, which directs that animals must be alive and healthy at the time of slaughter and all blood drained from the carcass.
Despite being repeatedly asked to calm down, the defendant started to use foul and abusive language towards staff and continued to show aggression. As the Boeing 757 touched down at Birmingham Airport in the early hours of March 28, Zada was arrested by waiting police.
Zada was found guilty of using "threatening, abusive or insulting words" towards members of the crew in breach of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, after a trial at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.
Today he was fined £480 and ordered to pay £150 compensation to the two injured parties as well as £620 court costs.
Speaking after the hearing, Liz Rider, Senior Crown Prosecutor from West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, said Zada's behaviour was "distressing" for cabin crew members and "upsetting" for his fellow passengers.
He said: "Having been told on a number of occasions that the aircraft did not have any Halalfood, Zada resorted to using foul and abusive language towards the cabin crew.
"He was warned a number of times to calm down, but he failed to comply and as a consequence he was arrested when the aircraft landed at the airport and he has today been convicted of his actions.
"It is important that air travellers understand that this type of behaviour on passenger flight will not be tolerated.
"Those who commit such offences by abusing or threatening crew members will be robustly prosecuted."
Zada, from Small Heath in Birmingham, was sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in July 2012.
He was among a ten-strong drugs gang jailed for nearly 30 years.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/606333/Muslim-plane-passenger-abusive-Thomson-halal-food
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