'He was told to go back to his seat - he woke up on the flight and realised he had an accident'

A man has been hauled before the courts after having an ‘accident’ in his seat whilst drunk after he wasn’t allowed to use the toilet as a plane landed. Lloyd Johnson, 39, and his wife had been returning from a holiday in Dubai when police were called to reports of a ‘disruptive’ passenger.

Officers attended the Emirates plane at Manchester Airport, and discovered that Johnson had urinated in the aisle. He was also unsteady on his feet and smelt strongly of booze, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Prosecutor Tobias Collins said that the alarm was raised by cabin crew, who asked officers to attend Terminal One on January 26 this year, at around 6.30pm.

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“The defendant, due to his intoxication, his behaviour was a problem whilst on the flight,” he said.

“The cabin crew reported that he urinated next to his seat and had to move him to another seat and away from passengers. Further enquiries from passengers established that he did not urinate on any person, rather he was trying to go to the toilet and urinated in the aisle due to how intoxicated he was.”

Johnson did not seem to 'fully comprehend’ why the police were there and was duly arrested for being drunk on an aircraft. There was no evidence he issued threats or was violence during the journey, Mr Collins added.

Adam Lodge, mitigating, also said there was no evidence that his client was disruptive during the flight.

“There is no suggestion this was anything other than embarrassing,” he said.

“From his recollection, with assistance from his wife, as the aircraft was coming into land, he woke up and needed to use the toilet.

“He went to use the toilet but was told to go back to his seat, he did and