UAE court halves jail term of drunk sailor who tried to molest Pinay stewardess

A sailor who got drunk and tried to molest a Filipina stewardess aboard an Emirates flight last February got his sentence shortened by a United Arab Emirates court over the weekend.
 
The Dubai Appeal Court admitted the 28-year-old sailor's appeal and halved his jail term from one year to six months, but upheld a Dh1,000 fine, Gulf News reported late Sunday.
 
Presiding judge Eisa Al Sharif also ordered the accused deported once he serves his sentence.
 
However, the appellate ruling is subject to appeal before the Cassation Court within 30 days.
 
The sailor had been charged for allegedly trying to force his way into the cockpit, and molesting and assaulting two stewardesses.
 
Court records showed the sailor ran up and down the aisle and tried to enter the cockpit, then allegedly groped a Romanian stewardess while hugging and trying to kiss the Filipina.
 
He also assaulted government employees including a security officer.
 
Before the court, the sailor admitted drinking alcohol but denied the other allegations, adding his assault on the plane's crew was in self-defense.
 
Misbehaved
 
The Romanian stewardess said the incident took place 90 minutes after the plane took off from Singapore en route to Dubai.
 
She said the sailor tried to smoke a cigar and tried to enter the cockpit "a number of times" when he was drunk, prompting the crew to stop serving him liquor.
 
"The flight’s security officer and others managed to restrain the defendant and buckle him into his seat after the pilot ordered them to do so. The defendant groped me,” she said.
 
For her part, the Filipina flight attendant said the sailor molested her. — Joel Locsin/RSJ, GMA 

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