[ April 23, 2024 ]
Unbelievable.
Passenger, 32, who phoned in bomb threats to delay his Gatwick easyJet flight because he was running late to see his fiancee in Marrakesh is jailed for 16 months
- Rashidul Islam, 32, called police 45 minutes before his flight was due to take off
- He said: ‘Someone may have a bomb on the plane, you need to delay the flight’
- Hoaxer made two further threats in the following minutes on May 4 last year
- It caused 3-hour delay as all 147 passengers had to be checked again by security
By Mark Duell for MailOnline | EST, 17 January 2020:
Story continues below advertisementRashidul Islam, 32, of Brent, North London, anonymously called police 45 minutes before his flight from Gatwick was due to take off
An easyJet passenger who caused a bomb scare on his own flight because he was running late and feared he would miss it was today jailed for 16 months.
Rashidul Islam, 32, of Brent, North London, anonymously called police 45 minutes before his flight from Gatwick Airport was due to take off, warning: ‘Someone may have a bomb on the plane, you need to delay the flight’.
The hoaxer made two further threats in the following minutes last year – causing crew on the 5.40pm flight to Marrakesh to be evacuated and all 147 passengers to be checked again by security.
Luggage also had to be removed and rescreened, resulting in a three-hour delay at Britain’s second busiest airport on May 4 during a bank holiday weekend, which is thought to have cost the Luton-based airline about £30,000.
Islam, who was flying to Morocco to visit his fiancée, made the bomb hoax after faced travel disruption en route to the airport from Cricklewood, North London.
Passengers disembark an easyJet aircraft in this file picture. The hoax call is thought to have cost the Luton-based airline about £30,000
After being arrested, Islam told police he had panicked about missing his flight because he would not be able to afford another ticket.
Natalie Smith, a senior crown prosecutor with CPS South East, said: ‘Rashidul Islam suggests his 999 calls were simply a misguided solution to running late and not intended to cause genuine fear.
‘But the bomb hoax was intended to make authorities fear there was a genuine enough threat that they needed to search the plane.
‘The consequences were so serious that flight crew had to be evacuated, passengers rechecked and luggage removed – at a cost of three extra hours on the runway and £30,000 to the airline.’
The hoax initially succeeded in giving Islam time to check in at Gatwick Airport (file image) but he was arrested at the gate after police traced him as the anonymous callerIslam was jailed for 16 months at Lewes Crown Court today after admitting communicating false information at an earlier hearing.
Islam first faced trouble when his train to Gatwick unexpectedly terminated at St Pancras. He instead took a taxi from the London station but traffic meant he would have arrived at the airport with only minutes to get through security.
The hoax initially succeeded in giving Islam time to check in but he was arrested at the gate after police traced him as the anonymous caller.
The flight eventually took off at 8.50pm, after cabin crew had to be swapped having exceeded their hours due to the delay.
Islam was jailed for 16 months at Lewes Crown Court (file image) after admitting the chargeMs Smith added: ‘This sentence should send a message that creating a bomb scare is no trivial matter.
‘These threats have a major impact on everyone in the airport – diverting multiple agencies from core duties such as assisting passengers, providing security or carrying out counter-terrorism checks.’
He admitted one count of communicating false information at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on December 20 last year. He was also banned from Gatwick Airport.
Islam made the threat a few months before he was caught for unconnected money laundering offences – for which he was sentenced to 42 months in jail. The two sentences are concurrent.
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29 Comments
4 years ago
Natalie Smith, a senior crown prosecutor with CPS South East, said: ‘Rashidul Islam suggests his 999 calls were simply a misguided solution to running late and not intended to cause genuine fear.
A dumb female defending a Muslim who’d probably like to rape her to death because she is white.
4 years ago
Islam made the threat a few months before he was caught for unconnected money laundering offences – for which he was sentenced to 42 months in jail. The two sentences are concurrent.
Crime seems to be a way of life for him…
4 years ago
Islam made the threat a few months before he was caught for unconnected money laundering offences – for which he was sentenced to 42 months in jail. The two sentences are concurrent.
Crime seems to be a way of life for him…
4 years ago
Trump was correct in exposing the jihadi paki mayor of London http://bit.ly/2svuNZ3
Of course as usual he was called “racist” for it ! LOL !
4 years ago
This policy of indulging muslim criminals will only lead to another mass slaughter. deportation must be a part of every sentence even if they are born in country. Their so called religion is completely foreign and antithetical.
4 years ago
Reply to
cylde
You must change the status quo before you can even think about deportations. You have to remove the cowardly elites who are forever bowing to Muslims after every terrorist attack. They are the enablers.
Once you get rid of the Islam-enablers then you can drive a steamroller over rows of Muslims holding street-prayers and nobody would care. It is the Muslim lovers/sympathizers, traitors and cowards that are the true obstacle of stopping Islam.
Any judge caught being lenient towards Muslims must lose his job on the spot or get a harsh jail sentence along with the Muslim, same goes for cops/politicians, etc, replace them with strong people, then you’ll watch how quickly Muslims will start behaving assuming they don’t want to get deported.
4 years ago
He’s just a misunderstood victim of European xenophobia. You racists…
4 years ago
Concurrent? Two separate crime, consecutive sentences. One had nothing to do with the other except that it was the same criminal.
Of course he will be released after ten months.
4 years ago
Reply to
stephen5970
And after he stabs a bunch of people on London Bridge we’ll hear the politicians tell us “we will not be divided, [insert other pandering bs, lies and nonsense] to placate the bovine masses.
The ruling elites will only care and do something once the Muslims are at their families throats. If its us ‘dregs’ they don’t give a rat’s ass. They need to be dealt with as much as the Muslims.
4 years ago
THAT’S LONDON FOR YA! ugh……………..
4 years ago
What a feckin’ joke, indicative that Britain’s judiciary system is farcical. Not that Britain is the sole Western nation in need and want of a wrecking ball, and restored to one resembling a judicial system. Meanwhile, any non-Muslim daring to criticize the death cult Islam is prosecuted as an Islamophobe, thus handed a harsher sentence than Jihadis. Tommy Robinson has become the quintessential Islamophobe while persecution and prosecution are a deep threat upon this man’s Democratic Rights.
The West continues digging a deep-hole that will befit the coming genocide of Western Civilization, if it has not already occurred. The subjugation to Islam persists because of the Leftist horde and its collusion with Islam. It is the case in America, Canada, obviously the EU, and other so-called Western Democracies. Democracies that have negated the Democratic Rights of the non-Muslim citizenry while submissive ot the Cult Islam.
4 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
Spot on. As Douglas Murray stated, there is the first problem (Islam) which is responsible for terrorism, rape-gangs and other horrific crimes and then there is the secondary problem-the UK citizens who want justice like Tommy Robinson.
Instead of dealing with the primary issue, the elites come down like a sledgehammer on the reaction to the first problem, due to political correctness or cowardice. It’s so obvious that the elites in the UK (and western nations) are inept, evil, self-serving, corrupt and feckless among other things.
A strong leadership would’ve crushed Muslims like the cockroaches that they are and they would’ve made sure not one got through the border. Even the PM of Hungary stated we’re happy to have immigrants but not one Muslim would be allowed in.
That’s what we need but unfortunately we are stuck with retards in power and this will only lead to revolution or civil war. Only by first removing the scum in the ruling class and replacing them with good leaders can we then deal with Muslims.
4 years ago
…where he can convert others to Islam and plot their next attack together.
4 years ago
Britain is sowing. What they reap will be a real life nightmare.
4 years ago
…so…. that means he’ll probably be out in a month or less ??
4 years ago
Reply to
Diskusted
The muzrat will be away for 8 months which is half the sentence and the remainder he will be on licence which means any further offence committed is an instant return to prison to serve the rest of his sentence.
4 years ago
I see he’s from khans london. To be expected
4 years ago
In Londonistan, the scum’s social security payments will be accrued and he will be out in a few months.
4 years ago
Reply to
J k
Nope. He will have to start a fresh claim with no accrued payments.
Let’s keep it real.
No fake news here.
PROSCRIBE ISLAM IN THE UK!
4 years ago
It’s the eyes. He is not done yet he wants to take out hundreds of people. The court gives a low sentence and presumes to represent the people he is going to kill when he is released, The same court would give a none muslim journalist Tommy Robinson more time if they report on a muslim being tried for sex offences.
4 years ago
How on earth does Tommy Robinson get 13 months for alledgedly being in contempt of court and this thing who naturally used the bomb as a weaqpon to delay his flight gets little more. Beggers belief.
4 years ago
MAJOR ENEMY OF EU & UK – ESTABLISHMENTS OF EU & UK
4 years ago
No worries, he’ll be released in about a month.
Trump 2020/24/28….!!!
4 years ago
and you can’t see he’s a n islamic psychopath – better not fly into England –
4 years ago
‘This sentence should send a message that creating a bomb scare is no trivial matter.”
Then why does he get a trivial sentence? Our courts are a laughing stock. This criminal is a professional, why does that disgracefully light sentence run concurrently with his money laundering scam? At the very least it should be consecutive.
If the courts really want to send a message he should have got a 20 years and no time off.
4 years ago
Just another deceitful muzrat.
The prison system is awash with them????
