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19 March 2024

Man molests sleeping teen on flight

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On an international flight from Detroit to Amsterdam, an American male allegedly abused a 19-year-old Norwegian co-passenger who was sleeping on the long-haul flight.

According to Daily Mail, the incident took place in June 2012 and the lecherous man is facing criminal charges only now as he had spent the intervening period outside the US and returned to the country about a year ago.

The case is being tried in the US because the flight had departed from the US.

According to Detroit Free Press, the man touched the woman intimately while she was taking a nap on the plane.

The teenager woke up and immediately got up from her seat and approached the flight staff in tears. While the Dutch Police let the culprit go after questioning him. The man had denied that he had done anything wrong.

However, the incident was flagged in the US when he returned to his own country. According to the FBI, since he touched his co-passenger without her consent and while she was sleeping, it amounted to a crime.