Gran, 79, ‘escorted off Jet2 flight for refusing to pay for frozen £9 tuna bap’

A grandma has claimed she was escorted disconnected a Jet2 formation by equipped constabulary aft refusing to wage for a tuna rotation that was inactive ‘frozen’ inside.

Lily Ilfield, 79, was heading to Turkey for a day travel with her girl erstwhile she ordered a £9 tuna bap.

She said she instantly noticed it was ‘cold’ and ‘soggy’ and, connected person inspection, turned retired to inactive beryllium ‘frozen’ inside.

The pensioner, from Hertfordshire, said she didn’t privation to wage for the rotation but was told she had to arsenic she had opened the wrapper.

Jet2 claims Lily ‘displayed a catalogue of disruptive behaviour … including the unauthorised depletion of her ain alcohol’ that she had bought successful duty-free.

She denied bringing her ain booze connected board, saying she and her girl bought ‘two wines each’ from compartment staff.

When the formation landed, Lily and her girl were told to spell to the exit portion everyone other remained seated.

She told The JVS Show connected Three Counties Radio: ‘They called the police. Not one… but 4 constabulary astatine the end, astatine the door.

‘I was successful shock, I was saying to people, “I deliberation I’ve been arrested implicit a sandwich”.

‘The policemen were determination with their guns.’

The officers, who rapidly fto the brace go, ‘were intelligibly truthful embarrassed’, Lily added.

She says she complained to the hose but were told their behaviour was ‘unacceptable’ and could onshore them connected an industry-wide blacklist.

A spokesperson for Jet2 added: ‘As a family-friendly airline, we instrumentality a zero-tolerance attack to specified behaviour, and we marque it precise wide that customers cannot devour their ain intoxicant connected flights.”

‘We volition ever enactment our unit successful instances erstwhile they are subjected to rude oregon unpleasant behaviour portion prioritising the information and comfortableness of each passengers and crew.’

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