Boozed-up beautician booted off jet
A BEAUTY therapist was kicked off a 6am flight to Ibiza for being drunk and refusing to wear a facemask.
Hayley Box, 34, was going to visit the Spanish party island to commemorate a friend who died there.
But the mum-of-two was arrested after she repeatedly tried to board the Ryanair flight at Manchester Airport having earlier consumed more than a bottle of white wine ahead of her journey.
Cabin crew alerted officers after she rebuffed requests to wear her face covering as she boarded the aircraft.
She became abusive with officers as she was taken off the plane and escorted to a police van.
Box who runs a business which gives out beauty treatments plus anti-wrinkle injections had been due to arrive in Ibiza to comfort loved ones following the death of a friend from a drug overdose.
She later said she was so drunk she could not remember trying to get on the aircraft.
At Manchester magistrates’ court Box, who lives in Shifnal, near Telford, Shropshire, admitted being drunk on a plane and was fined £120.
The incident occurred on September 3 last year after Box checked into the Clayton Hotel at Manchester Airport having dropped her children with a babysitter. She began drinking wine in her room ahead of her getting on board flight FR2626.
Prosecutor Rachel Dixon said: “She boarded the plane. The cabin manager asked her to put on her facemask, but the defendant was non-compliant.
“The cabin manager said the defendant was slow to respond and hear the instructions. The defendant was also asked several times for her passport but she did not comply with these requests. “The cabin manager then made the decision to remove her from the plane and asked her to leave. She did not comply and he told her that she could leave voluntarily or leave with the police. She then decided to fasten her seatbelt and the police were contacted. “As the police arrived, the defendant stood up and became quite aggressive. As police started climbing the steps, she removed herself. “She was abusive towards officers. In the interview, she said she had no recollection of the incident.” Jane Shaw, defending, said: “She is ashamed by the fact she is in court today. “She is a single mother and has two children. She is a beautician by trade and she has had a very hard 12 months and had to rely on benefits.” Box was also ordered to pay £119 in costs.
‘In the interview, she said she had no recollection of the incident’ Prosecutor Rachel Dixon