A drunken dad has been jailed for spitting at cabin crew and threatening to rape a fellow passenger on a Birmingham-bound flight.
Khalid Mir had to be bound and gagged after lashing out as he downed Baileys and vodka on an eight-hour journey from Dubai.
The 39-year-old also threw an orange juice over the passenger he threatened to rape and told senior cabin crew to “p*** off” when he was warned about his behaviour.
Mir, from Saltley , already had a marker against him when he was abusive to stewards on an earlier flight. He was jailed for seven months at Birmingham Crown Court after he admitted being drunk on the Emirates aircraft and failing to obey a command by the captain.
Cabin crew suspected Mir was drunk after bringing his own booze on board the flight on November 17 last year, the court heard. They later found bottles of vodka and Baileys by his seat.
Philip Brunt, prosecuting, said: “Thirty minutes into the flight he started to be abusive and about 15 minutes after that he asked to be moved. He became very abusive to the woman sitting in front of him and was banging the video screen.”
She was reduced to tears and Mir was warned about his conduct. But he threatened the woman an hour later and three other passengers also failed in attempts to calm him.
The delivery driver, a father-of-three, continued to swear and his behaviour was frightening, Mr Brunt said.
The captain authorised Mir’s restraint but it took four cabin crew to put plastic cuffs on his hands and feet – and he still tried to headbutt the screen in front of him.
He then spat at a crew member who tried to give him a drink with a straw after he pushed the mask away from his mouth with his tongue.
Mir also spat water at another steward.
Mohammed Riaz, defending, said Mir had a drink problem and was returning from Pakistan following the death of a relative.
Passing sentence Judge Avik Mukherjee told him: “What you did on that plane was offensive, threatening and potentially damaging to others.
