Airport cop stops man from entering restricted area, he tries to push his way past her and grabs her chest
A 41-year-old British man was on April 16 sentenced to seven weeks' jail for offences including using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of her duty at Changi Airport.
Investigations revealed that Lindley Scott David John had arrived at Terminal 2 from Bangkok on March 8 and was unable to locate his checked-in baggage at the baggage claim hall.
As he flew in on the same flight as his employer, John thought that his employer might have taken his bag.
So John left the baggage claim hall and went to the public area to contact his employer, who informed John that the bag was not with the employer.
John then tried to re-enter the baggage claim hall through the staff entrance to look for his bag.
When he was stopped by a female auxiliary police officer for unauthorised entry, he ignored instructions from her and eventually began hurling vulgarities and pointing his middle finger at her.
After being stopped from leaving by the officer, John attempted to push his way past her, grabbing her chest as he did so.
He also pushed other officers who tried to intervene and he hurled vulgarities at them.
The police was alerted to a person behaving aggressively and using vulgarities at the staff entrance of Changi Airport Terminal 2 arrival hall at about 7.45pm.
John was convicted of the following offences:
- Drunkenness in public places, which carries a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
- Using insulting communication against a public servant, which carries a fine up to $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
- One count of using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of their duty, which carries with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 4 years, or with fine, or with both.
Last month, another British man caused a ruckus at Changi Airport Terminal 3 while looking for his missing phone, only to find the device under his plane seat later.
Richard Michael Roll Burridge, 57, was fined $5,000 on March 20 after he pleaded guilty to one count each of harassment and mischief.
