'You’ve f***** our honeymoon!': Cries of newlywed wife as plasterer husband, 38, is carted off their flight to Egypt after downing four pints of Stella and punching cabin crew
- Michael Cunnett launched a foul-mouthed homophobic tirade on the 9am flight
- Plasterer, 38, knocked out Andre Bogley before hitting another flight attendant
- Called police officer 'baldy c***' before knocking himself out in their squad car
- Judge jailed Cunnett, from Epsom, for seven months and gave him £1,000 fine
Michael Cunnett, 38, was jailed for seven months today for punching two easyJet crew members after downing four pints of Stella ahead of the 9am flight in February
A groom was thrown off his honeymoon flight to Egypt after punching two members of the cabin crew when they told him not to smoke on board.
Michael Cunnett, 38, had downed four pints of Stella ahead of the 9am flight from Gatwick in February when he launched a foul-mouthed homophobic tirade.
He punched two easyJet staff members before being carted off the plane by police as his new wife shouted: 'Look at what you've done. You have f****** off our honeymoon!'
Lewes Crown Court heard that the plasterer continued his abuse, calling one officer a 'baldy c***', before knocking himself out by headbutting the cage in the squad car.
Cunnett, from Epsom, Surrey, was jailed for seven months and ordered to pay £500 in compensation to each of the victims for the vile attack.
Flight attendant Andre Bogley, who was floored by two punches before another crew member intervened, said: 'He didn't know my sexuality, but I am a gay man and proud of it.
'It is not a lifestyle choice, it is natural and no one deserves to be discriminated against for their sexuality.
'Many people struggle with it, and deal with mental health problems on a daily basis. His remarks to me were personal.
'If he travels again, my hope is that he will treat people with respect and acknowledge that he lives in a diverse society which is something that should be embraced, not ridiculed.'
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Ryan Richter, prosecuting, said cabin crew had spotted that Cunnett was being louder than the other passengers as he boarded the flight in February.
He lashed out at the crew members who had asked him not to smoke an e-cigarette.
David Forsyth, defending, said Cunnett, was 'fully aware that his behaviour was reprehensible' and was 'thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed'.
Lewes Crown Court, pictured, heard that he was escorted off the plane by police officers who he abused, calling one of them a 'baldy c***'. His wife was heard shouting: 'Look at what you've done. You have f****** off our honeymoon!'
Judge David Rennie said the four pints he had drunk brought out his 'true character'.
Cunnett accepted that other passengers would have been frightened and alarmed. He admitted interfering with the performance of cabin crew, two common assaults and criminal damage.
Judge David Rennie added: 'It was like a child having a tantrum. You chose to drink four pints and to behave in a foul-mouthed, highly abusive manner. Something of your true character did reveal itself.
'We do have to ask why airports are selling that amount of alcohol outside of usual licensing hours.
'An attack on the perceived sexuality of these men was utterly shameful. People like you find yourself on the edge of society.
'Only an immediate custodial sentence can be justified.'
