Man burnt porn magazine on plane
A plane passenger admitted endangering the safety of an aircraft after he set fire to a pornographic magazine because he found one of the pictures offensive.
David Mason ripped the magazine into pieces then set fire to it on a flight from Norway to Gatwick in February.
Lewes Crown Court was told Mason, 45, had found a photo of a black man with a white woman “offensive”.
Mason of Surbiton, Surrey, is to be sentenced on 21 September but has been ordered not to fly as a bail condition.
‘Desire to destroy’
Judge Richard Hayward said Mason must not fly on any commercial flights into or out of the UK or on domestic flights.
He said: “I am concerned about his lack of understanding about the danger he posed.
“My view is that a prison sentence is not appropriate but a degree of supervision is required.
“These offences are regarded as very serious and many judges would send him to prison – I want the public safety ensured.”
Cabin crew on the Braathens Airline Boeing 737 flight doused the paper with water after they smelt burning.
The court was told Mason, who is said to suffer from schizophrenia, had tried to take the magazine into a toilet to burn it but the cubicle was occupied.
He had also asked a flight attendant if he could burn the magazine in an oven near the galley.
He told officers he was “overcome with desire to destroy” the picture.
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Published: 2004/08/24 12:27:26 GMT
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Flood
By: archieraf - 27th August 2004 at 13:15
The stupidity of some airline passengers…
Incredible isn’t it? Some passengers even buy a ticket, check their luggage in and then expect both themselves and their luggage to be deposited at the same airport at the same time! How stupid can they be?! 🙂
By: Snapper - 26th August 2004 at 21:25
Yes, wheres the baton?
By: Nermal - 26th August 2004 at 12:43
Oh god. Ruprecht’s found the GD forum. God ‘elp us… 😮
And he’s a riot, isn’t he. – Nermal
By: Ren Frew - 26th August 2004 at 10:11
Refer to the Commercial Forum for more info, I’m not cracking that Bra-Athens line twice. 😮
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th August 2004 at 08:50
:rolleyes:
Oh god. Ruprecht’s found the GD forum. God ‘elp us… 😮
By: Flood - 25th August 2004 at 22:51
Here’s a thought… How easy would it be to bring an airliner down by starting a fire? I guess you could get it going in the toilets… and before you talk about smoke detectors… anyone can solve that… it’s called cling film! Should all cigarette lighters and matches be banned from aircraft?
What?
How do you start a fire in cling film? It would escape!
Flood
By: Snapper - 25th August 2004 at 21:59
R – are you J?
Are you able to buy porn yet – or do you have to be a grown up w*****r for that?
By: Snapper - 25th August 2004 at 21:45
Porn is great.
By: GZYL - 25th August 2004 at 20:49
Here’s a thought… How easy would it be to bring an airliner down by starting a fire? I guess you could get it going in the toilets… and before you talk about smoke detectors… anyone can solve that… it’s called cling film! Should all cigarette lighters and matches be banned from aircraft?
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th August 2004 at 08:07
The utter stupidity of these people astounds me. He could easily have sent it to me instead… 😉
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