US EditionWoman sexually assaulted on flight cannot get compensation
Kelly was denied compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme due to a legal gap excluding crimes on foreign-registered UK-bound flights despite prosecution in UK courts.
- Kelly, a British woman in her twenties, was sexually assaulted last September while flying from Doha to London Gatwick on a Qatar Airways plane.
- In 1996, legislation was amended to permit prosecution of offenses committed on foreign aircraft traveling to the UK, but compensation provisions still exclude incidents occurring on planes not registered in Britain.
- Kelly's attacker, Momade Jussab, age 66, was arrested on arrival and sentenced in May to six and a half years in prison for sexual assault.
- Kelly applied to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in April but was refused because the assault occurred on a Qatari-registered aircraft, which is not a 'relevant place' under scheme rules.
- Kelly and her lawyers at Leigh Day argue the refusal is unfair and call for urgent changes to close this legal gap in victim compensation on foreign flights bound for the UK.
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Woman sexually assaulted on flight challenges UK rules disqualifying her from compensation
The woman was attacked while she slept on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Gatwick in September last year. Her attacker was arrested on arrival at the airport and jailed in May.
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