US EditionPakistan Businessman Jailed In London For 15 Months For Threatening To Rape Air Hostess
UNITED KINGDOM, AUG 6 – Salman Iftikhar was sentenced to 15 months for sustained racist abuse and death threats against Virgin Atlantic crew during an eight-hour flight, forcing a crew member to take 14 months off work.
- On February 7, 2023, Salman Iftikhar, 37-year-old recruitment director, launched a tirade aboard a Virgin Atlantic flight from London Heathrow to Lahore, threatening to gang rape stewardess Angie Walsh and set her alight at 39,000 feet.
- After downing champagne at the onboard bar, Iftikhar helped himself to ice with his hands and refused to return to his seat, shouting racist insults, prosecutor Abdul Kapadia said.
- Amid the threats, cabin crew considered diverting the flight to Turkey after Iftikhar threatened to blow up the floor of the Avari Lahore Hotel and warned Walsh she 'will be dead on the floor of your hotel'.
- On Tuesday, Iftikhar was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his 'appalling and sustained abuse' of cabin crew, with he wept in the dock.
- Virgin Atlantic stated it maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward abusive behaviour, and Walsh said the incident forced her to take 14 months off work.
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Muslim Passenger Threatens to Rape, Set Light to Air Hostess.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A wealthy recruitment boss, Salman Iftikhar, was sentenced to 15 months in jail after threatening a Virgin Atlantic stewardess with gang rape and arson during a flight.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Salman Iftikhar, Virgin Atlantic stewardess Angie Walsh, and other cabin crew members.WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred on a flight from London Heathrow to Lahore, with Iftikhar arrested at his home in Buckinghamshire on March 16, 202…
Pakistani man jailed in UK for threatening to gang-rape Air Hostess mid-flight
Salman Iftikhar was sentenced to 15 months for threatening flight attendants on a Virgin Atlantic flight. His drunken outburst included racist abuse, leaving one crew member, Angie Walsh, traumatised and unable to return to work.
First Class Passenger Learns Fate for Vile Mid-Air Meltdown
A disturbed Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to rape his stewardess and set her on fire was sentenced to 15 months in jail. In Feb. 2023, Salman Iftikhar, 37, went into a disgusting tirade against flight attendant Angie Walsh mid-flight in front of his wife and three children. The wealthy businessman was seated in first class on a flight from London to Lahore when he began downing champagne and verbally attacking Walsh with vicious threa…
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