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‘Drunken and disruptive’ mum escorted off Ryanair plane by police

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The mum of a disabled teenager was given a police escort off a Ryanair flight following complaints from fellow passengers about her being too loud and ‘verbally aggressive’.

Lyndsey Fitzsimmons, 39, became ‘irate’ after being approached about her behaviour on the flight from Lanzarote to Manchester Airport, a court heard on Tuesday (July 26).Police were called out by Ryanair staff less than 20 minutes before the flight was due to land, before six officers stormed the plane to arrest Fitzsimmons.

The single mum, who had been on a week away in the Canary Islands, claimed she had consumed two pints of lager and taken two 10mg tablets of diazepam for her anxiety before the flight - but did not drink any alcohol on the plane.Manchester Crown Court heard that police received a report of a ‘drunken and disruptive’ passenger on board the flight at 9.53pm on February 1, before it was due to land in Manchester at 10.10pm.

Prosecuting, Brian Berlyne said that passengers in front of Fitzsimmons had complained about her ‘loud volume’.Fitzsimmons became ‘verbally aggressive’ and a couple sat close to her believed she was behaving ‘in an intimidating manner’, the court heard.

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