Blue's Lee Ryan Loses Aircraft Assault Appeal
The judges said the Crown Court made no error in refusing to certify Ryan's appeal after his conviction for assaulting a British Airways flight attendant.
- On Tuesday, High Court judges Lord Justice Holgate and Mr Justice Johnson dismissed pop singer Lee Ryan's final legal challenge to his racially aggravated assault conviction, branding the appeal "frivolous."
- The conviction stems from a July 2022 British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport, where a drunk Ryan was reportedly "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before making remarks to flight attendant Leah Gordon.
- Judges found "no error" in lower court rulings, describing Gordon as a "consistent and compelling witness" who had been sober, while noting Ryan gave inconsistent accounts about whether he grabbed or merely touched her wrists.
- This ruling closes Ryan's final legal route to overturn the assault conviction, forcing the 43-year-old to return to Isleworth Crown Court for sentencing on the 12-month suspended prison sentence handed down in September 2023.
- Although a 2024 ruling quashed Ryan's separate conviction for threatening aircraft crew, the racially aggravated assault conviction remains in effect following Tuesday's High Court decision, effectively ending his legal appeals.
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Lee Ryan's Final Appeal Fails as High Court Brands Assault Challenge 'Frivolous'
Blue singer Lee Ryan has lost his final legal attempt to overturn his conviction for racially aggravated assault on British Airways flight attendant Leah Gordon, after High Court judges in London branded his challenge 'frivolous' and cleared the way for the 43-year-old to be sentenced over the incident on a Glasgow to London flight in July 2022. On Tuesday, Lord Justice Holgate and Mr Justice Johnson dismissed Ryan's claim and backed a lower cou…
Blue's Lee Ryan could face jail over racially aggravated assault on BA flight
Blue singer Lee Ryan faces the possibility of being jailed after losing a High Court challenge over his conviction for racially aggravated assault while onboard a British Airways flight.
Lee Ryan loses High Court appeal over assault conviction
Blue singer Lee Ryan has lost a High Court bid to appeal a conviction for racially aggravated assault. The boy band star, 43, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence in 2023 over an incident on board a British Airways flight in 2022. Today's top videos Lee was allegedly seen 'slurring his words and staggering around' […]
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