Racism victim rejects apology

The victim of a racist tirade on a Ryanair flight has rejected an apology from the passenger who abused her, after he denied being “a racist person”.

David Mesher apologised publicly for the first time over his treatment of 77-year-old Delsie Gayle, saying he lost his temper “a bit” in a TV interview aired yesterday.

Footage showed him calling the widow, of east London, an “ugly black b ****** ” on flight FR9015 from Barcelona to London on October 19.

Asked if she accepts the apology, Delsie Gayle said: “I don’t think so. You must forget and forgive but it’s going to take a long time for me to get over what he has done to me.”

Essex Police is investigating the matter.