Midweek Sport

NAKED MAN IN AIRPORT RAGES THROUGH TERMINAL

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A NAKED American tourist was wrestled to the ground at an airport after overdosing on Viagra, stripping off and then chucking POO at fellow passengers.

Steve Cho was nabbed as he wandered through the departure hall of Phuket Internatio­nal Airport, Thailand.

The 27-year-old, from New York, was destroying goods and yelling while throwing his own faeces at staff and terrified members of the public.

He was eventually stopped by six security guards and airport staff before being arrested by the airport’s tourist police.

Onlooker Wannee Ming, 28, said: “This was the scariest and most disgusting thing I ever saw at an airport.

“I stayed away from the man in case he attacked anybody. The airport staff tried to make him calm down. They were talking to him but he ignored them.

“It was very bad. The airport did a good job to control him.”

Mr Cho reportedly told police he had “taken too many sex drugs”, apologised for his outburst and agreed to pay any damages.

A statement from Phuket Internatio­nal Airport said: “When he regained his composure, he admitted that he took too many Viagra pills and lost consciousn­ess.

“He accepted responsibi­lity to reimburse for any damages that he caused.”

Mr Cho was taken to a local police station before officers sent him to a nearby hospital for medical checks and a routine psychiatri­c assessment.

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