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Passenger Misconduct: Investment banker ‘threw chocolate at passengers and attacked BA crew in drunken rampage’

A “high powered” investment banker threw chocolate bars at sleeping passengers and tried to headbutt British Airways flight attendants during a “bizarre” drunken rampage, a court has heard.

William Clegg, who was travelling in business class, also told cabin crew he wanted to “go outside and see his friend” while the plane was still 38,000ft up in the air, jurors were told.

Mr Clegg, from Notting Hill, west London, is accused of assaulting five attendants during the flight from San Jose, California to London Heathrow on Aug 25 2019

The 33-year-old, who regularly travels for work, was said to have taken two Ambien sleeping pills and one Imovane sleeping tablet along with three glasses of wine and two travel-sized bottles of Baileys.

Dragged member of staff to floor

Cabin crew were forced to restrain him after he tried to pull his T-shirt over a female flight attendant’s head before dragging another member of staff to the floor.

Clegg, who wore a navy suit and a blue shirt at Isleworth Crown Court, denies five counts of assault by beating.

Paul Edwards, prosecuting, said that Clegg suffered from epilepsy and insomnia, and had a "high-powered job involving travelling to different countries and staying just a short while".

Mr Edwards said: "On the flight, Mr Clegg took two tablets of zolpidem and one tablet of zopiclone. He also drank three glasses of wine and two bottles of Baileys.

"This led, the Crown will say, to him acting bizarrely.

"He was walking up and down the corridor in business class.

Clegg used a vape

"He went to the galley, the kitchen area, and started throwing chocolate bars at passengers who were sleeping at the time. He said he wanted to go outside to see his friend. He was told by a flight attendant that we were 38,000 feet in the air.”

When he was confronted by flight attendant Amy Stewart, Clegg responded by lifting up his T-shirt and trying to put it over her head.

"He also used a vape in the flight," Mr Edwards said.

The cabin crew decided to take Clegg to the back of the plane to try and restrain him. But Clegg grabbed the arm of attendant Jamie Marsh and threw him to the floor.

Clegg was then taken to the back of the plane.

"It was after he was at the back of the plane that he tried to headbutt Amy Stewart three times," the prosecutor said.

As he was being restrained at the rear of the aircraft, Clegg allegedly shouted: "This is a joke, you don't know who I am, who do you think you are doing this to me?"

Attendants Cieran Robert Smith and Franz Hartmann were also assaulted while restraining Clegg, Mr Edwards said.

He said that Clegg hit Mr Robert Smith in the temple and kicked Mr Hartmann.

Carlie Titchner, a fifth attendant involved in restraining Clegg, did not remember being assaulted by him but found afterwards that she had bruises on her arm.

Mr Edwards said: "The main issue for the Crown is, was the defendant reckless when he took the tablets?"

The trial continues.