Man pleads guilty to sexual assault on cabin crew member

[Sherman A1]

A 41-year-old man who pleaded guilty to what was described as a despicable and horrendous sexual assault on a young Ryanair cabin crew member, has been ordered to pay €2,500 compensation to his victim.

Arturs Nagornijs, a construction company director who is from Latvia and based in Nice, France, was travelling from Nice to Riga and had taken connecting flights through Stansted and Dublin yesterday afternoon when the incident occurred.

He was released on bail with strict conditions until Friday to allow him access funds for the compensation.

Dublin District Court heard he had been observed by cabin crew acting erratically and lying across the lap of an elderly woman who was sitting beside him. He was repeatedly asked by cabin crew to sit up and did so initially but then lay down again and continued to annoy the elderly passenger.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2022/0209/1278839-assault-flight-court/

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. That's an awfully paltry fine for his crimes

I hope there is a civil action.