Prendeville avoids prosecution for lewd act

RADIO presenter Neil Prendeville is not to be prosecuted for committing a lewd act on an Aer Lingus flight, because of a jurisdictional technicality.

The Cork 96FM presenter exposed himself and masturbated in public view of two Aer Lingus air hostesses and a female passenger, Irish Examiner journalist Niamh Hennessy, as the aircraft taxied to the runway at Heathrow airport en route to Cork last October.

Ms Hennessy and the crew members subsequently made statements to gardaí, who sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions after completing their investigations.