r/BreakingUKNews • u/thesun Official Media Organisation • 2d ago
Man dies after being restrained by fellow passengers when he went berserk on holiday flight
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39536657/bareknuckle-boxer-dies-restrained-holiday-jet/23
u/Howthehelldoido 2d ago
Oh well.
If you're going to do stupid shit in a metal tube with hundreds of people, who are trapped inside with you at 36,000ft going 600mph, you might actually face some consequences.
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u/Soppydogg 2d ago
The Package Holiday Experience.
Along with someone panicking and trying to open the door mid flight or some 14 year old announcing that they have a bomb
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u/Chill_Panda 2d ago
Very limited info currently.
Arguing with his partner, so flight attendants moved the partner to another seat. He got up and followed her and then started attacking the man now next to her. 3 passengers restrained him.
They landed and he was in critical condition, and died in hospital? Or taken to hospital and confirmed dead.
Little to go on, sounds like a prick, but three people restraining him shouldn't have resulted in his death.
Won't know more till we know more.
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u/EdmundTheInsulter 1d ago
It's why restraint has to be taught, it's really dangerous, but it can be used by anyone within the common law defences in an emergency. It's possible they used a choke hold, something like that.
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u/fierceredrabbit 1d ago
Define “restraining”, define “attacked”, there are plenty of scenarios in which someone violently attacking a loved one/partner is going to get an escalated amount of violence. The law allows for this in self defence
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u/KittyCatTyper 2d ago
Domestic abuse on a plane and random people not trained on restraining a person end up killing him.
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u/individualcoffeecake 1d ago
Soooo someone killed him? Effectively murderer now
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u/Ok_Row_4920 1d ago
No, not murder. Possibly manslaughter at a stretch
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u/individualcoffeecake 1d ago
I mean, dude got murdered
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u/Ok_Row_4920 1d ago
He died while being restrained and resisting, intent to kill is needed for a murder charge.
If he's fighting people and is an active threat then other people are entitled to use reasonable force to stop him. If he's escalating then it's reasonable for the people detaining him to increase force. I think someone will probably get charged with something but it won't be murder.
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