POLICE have released the image of a man who hurled a volley of racist abuse at other passengers on board a flight.

David Nolan, also known as David Doran, was drunk on board the Easyjet flight to Gatwick from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

The 23-year-old spouted vile abuse to other passengers including racist abuse to Michael Aderemi.

Passengers were left “terrified” on board, with one saying the behaviour of Nolan and his family was: “Disorderly, erratic, it was like being at the zoo.”

He called his partner “f****** ugly”, a “fat b****”, and said “nobody likes you, not even your children like you,” and threatened to “smash her face in”.

At Lewes Crown Court Nolan admitted three charges of racist abuse likely to provoke violence and one count of being drunk on board an aircraft.

He was jailed for 16 months over his “despicable” behaviour.

EDITORIAL USE ONLY .easyJet flight EZY883 takes-off from London Gatwick bound for Glasgow as the airline restarts operations for the first time in 11 weeks since the carrier grounded all planes on March 30th as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. PA

EDITORIAL USE ONLY .easyJet flight EZY883 takes-off from London Gatwick bound for Glasgow as the airline restarts operations for the first time in 11 weeks since the carrier grounded all planes on March 30th as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. PA

His Honour Judge Mark Van Der Zwart said Nolan's "unruly" behaviour continued throughout the five-hour flight and said he was "noticeably drunk" on the flight on January 16 last year.

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The judge said: "Simply because he had the confidence and courage to ask you, politely, to sit down and shut up, you gave him a volley of racist abuse.

"Mr Aderemi kept his cool despite a torrent of abuse from you. Other passengers were clearly terrified.

"It was no wonder the passengers applauded the arrival of the police. You were blaming everybody else and accusing them of bad behaviour towards you and your family.

"I don't believe any of that at all. Your attitude was unrepentant.

David Nolan was jailed over the racist abuse and drunkeness on board the Easyjet flight to Gatwick

David Nolan was jailed over the racist abuse and drunkeness on board the Easyjet flight to Gatwick

"It was claimed you have been bullied because of your cultural background. You were behaving in exactly the same way to other people.

"You were the type of passenger that all air passengers dread. Drunk, aggressive, racist, and violent."

Nolan, of Court Mead, Northolt, Ealing, claimed he has been the victim of anti-Traveller racism in the past.

He denied being a racist, and pleaded with the judge for a final reprieve, but the judge said only an immediate prison term could be justified.

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