Manjit Singh Sidhu (38) from Leicester was convicted by a jury in a London court of sexual touching and has been jailed for four months.
On a Jet Airways flight from New Delhi to London, Sidhu was under the influence of alcohol and started to pester a 14 year old schoolgirl who was sitting in the seat behind him. Sidhu came and sat beside her and started to touch her and said he wanted to have sex with her. He also spoke about prostitutes, drugs and Bangkok's red-light district.
The 14 year old also allegded that Sidhu hit her on the bridge of nose.
The schoolgirl, who was on her way back from a school trip to Nepal with her teacher and fellow students informed her teacher of Sidhu's behaviour. She reported Sidhu's behaviour to her teacher. The police was waiting for him once the flight descended.
Flight attendants informed that Sidhu was abusive and would abuse when they would refuse to give him more alcohol as he seemed disorderly.
Although he was charged with sexual touching, Sidhu has been cleared of assault. He will also have to sign the sex offenders register for the next seven years, as well as serve his four month jail sentence.
