BA passenger assaulted flight attendants after taking tablets, court told

"He said he wanted to go outside to see his friends. He was told you can’t, you are 38,000ft in the air."

William Clegg arrives at Isleworth Crown Court, west London (Steve Parsons/PA)

A British Airways passenger assaulted five flight attendants after drinking and taking sleeping tablets, a court has heard.

William Clegg, 31, is accused of assaulting five members of staff aboard the long-haul BA flight from San Jose in the US to Heathrow on August 25 2019.