A couple were hauled off a flight to Tenerife and arrested after their sexual conduct was witnessed by a teen girl.
Bradly Smith, 22, and Antonia Sullivan, 20, both of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, admitted engaging in a sex act on the packed flight from the Canary Island to Bristol in March. The pair had been seated next to one another at the time when Smith asked his girlfriend to perform the act minutes after take off, covering his lap with several coats.
The pair’s exploits however were noticed by three disgusted fellow passengers, including the person sat next to them at the time. Bristol magistrates court heard the couple “had re-arranged some coats over Smith’s lap” with witnesses noticing “vigorous hand movements” underneath, reports the Mirror.
One distressed teenage girl sitting behind the couple with her mum spotted their actions, telling her mum, “I can see his bits”, prompting a complaint, prosecutor Maree Doyle told the court. Sullivan initially denied the sex act, claiming that she had in fact only been rubbing her boyfriend’s leg.
The pair were later escorted off the easyJet flight by cops and taken in for questioning. They eventually pleaded guilty before the bench to one count of outraging public decency.
Judge Lynn Matthews told the pair: “You had no regard for the feelings of other passengers. There was a child sitting behind you who was able to see what was happening. Who do you think you are and what right do you think entitled you to behave in that way in full view of people on that flight?”
Smith was ordered to complete 300 hours of community work and Sullivan was told to finish 270 hours. An easyJet spokesperson told The Sun: “We can confirm that this flight to Bristol was met by police on arrival, due to the behaviour of two passengers onboard.”
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