A Brit has admitted that he was intoxicated when he triggered a bomb scare on an Emirates flight as a joke.
The 37-year-old suspect appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday and said he was joking when he claimed that he carried a bomb which would explode in seven minutes on a flight from Manchester to Dubai.
“I said there is a bomb, but it was just a joke … I didn’t mean it,” said the suspect, referred to only as MW, who also pleaded guilty to consuming liquor during the incident, reported UAE daily Gulf News.
The Public Prosecution charged him with terrorising passengers and endangering the aircraft’s safety.
Salim Mohammad Al Qaidi, senior public prosecutor, also charged the Briton with beating and injuring two Chinese nationals and consuming liquor.
MW pleaded not guilty and told the judge that the two Chinese were the ones who assaulted him and he defended himself.
The suspect, who appeared in court without a legal representative said he couldn’t obtain the medical reports that confirm that he suffers from anxiety and gets worried when he drinks.
A verdict on the case will be delivered next week.
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