Overview
- Philip Gould, 64, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court to 14 months for acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft after admitting that offence alongside sexual assault and being drunk on an aircraft.
- The incident occurred on a June 25 British Airways flight from Nassau to London when he became intoxicated, banged on the cockpit door, and shouted at crew and passengers as staff formed a barrier to protect the flight deck.
- Prosecutors said he slapped his wife and grabbed her by the hair, and he pushed a crew member who stumbled into passengers.
- He sexually assaulted a male flight attendant by kissing his cheek and nibbling his ear and made a crude sexual proposition after being refused more alcohol.
- He was arrested on landing at Heathrow, and the court imposed concurrent terms including 14 weeks for sexual assault, 10 months for being drunk on an aircraft, and one month for two counts of beating, while the defence cited PTSD and remorse.