The pilot of a Ryanair flight from Tenerife to Cork made contingency plans to divert to Portugal because of the aggression from a Cork man and woman who insisted on having their paninis heated by cabin staff.

A Ryanair passenger accused of stealing two paninis on a flight had the case against him put back for a fortnight yesterday for service of a book of evidence.

A WOMAN working behind the counter of a filling station described how she got a fright when she encountered a man carrying what appeared to be a knife shouting: “Give it to me, give it to me.”