46-year-old Jasbir Singh Bharaj, from Leicester, has been sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, after abusing an air hostess while drunk, causing damage to the in-house entertainment worth £2,500, as well as biting the police officer who arrested him.
The incident took place while on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Birmingham, on 16th September 2014.
A cabin crew stated that Bharaj was the worst passenger that he had ever come across.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Judge James Burbridge QC said, “You told a female member of cabin crew that if she were on the ground you would punch her in the face. And in a particularly grotesque piece of behaviour you dipped your fingers in your glass of wine and rubbed them on your private parts. The air hostess felt abused and disgusted after seeing you touch yourself in such a sexually explicit way.”
Judge Burbridge continued, “You shouted f***ing Muslims send them back to where they came from and f***ing Isis.
It was also revealed in court that Bharaj had verbally abused police officers during his arrest, calling them “white bastards”.
“People need to know that if you get drunk on an airplane, upset other passengers and cause cabin crew to have a difficult job then custodial sentences apply,” Judge Burbridge said.
