Alex Trelinski
A BRITISH tourist has been given a one-year suspended jail sentence after pinching a nipple of a Ryanair cabin crew member on a flight between Newcastle and Mallorca.
The man- named as Mark Turnball- has also been ordered to attend a sex education training programme for a year, after he pled guilty to sexual assault at a Palma trial on Monday.
Turnball appeared via a video-link from the UK.
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The incident happened on September 29, 2023 when the male flight attendant tried to solve a payment problem involving the Brit’s credit card.
Tunrball, 43, started to touch him and then pinched his right nipple.
Minutes later, the steward was walking down the aisle with a sales trolley and as he had his back turned to him, Turnball grabbed his buttocks with both his hands.
Several passengers helped the Ryanair cabin crew to restrain the unruly passenger.
The flight captain contacted Palma Airport and Guardia Civil officers arrested Turnball when he left the plane.
He tried to resist with reinforcements having to be called in to restrain him.
Prosecutors initially wanted Turnball to get a 20-month jail term but a plea bargain deal with his lawyer saw the sentence reduced to a year.
The Palma judge approved the suspended sentence on the condition that the Brit does not reoffend in Spain for two years.
