Drunken socialite 'stripped to her knickers' and abused Kingfisher Airlines staff

Miss Clare Irby, 30, a descendant of the Guinness family, had her breasts fondled by a male passenger with whom she had become friendly during the flight from Bangalore to Heathrow, (In March this year) it was alleged.
Her young son, aged about two or three, ran around the Kingfisher Airlines plane without a nappy on and at one stage Irby tossed a soiled nappy onto a row of seats behind her, Isleworth Crown Court heard.
Bill McGivern, prosecuting, said a member of the public, Polly O'Callaghan, would tell the court she noticed Miss Irby had become “very friendly” with another passenger.
The pair shared three bottles of wine, and they were both loud, he added. Miss Irby repeatedly pushed the button to call members of staff, and at one stage called one of them a “bitch”, it was alleged.
The flight crew banned her from drinking further amounts because of her behaviour, the jury heard.
Mr McGivern added: “That behaviour included such matters as at one stage she changed from her skirt to trousers but simply took her skirt off and revealed her underwear in full view of other passengers.
”At another point she complained about diamonds having been stolen and asked to be given a bottle of wine in lieu of that.
”At one stage she was seen to throw a dirty nappy on to the seat behind her.
”She became friendly with another male passenger and one of the witnesses saw that passenger fondling her breasts.”
He said Miss Irby was “generally disruptive and difficult” and added: “At one stage she gave one of the crew the finger because she didn't like what was being said to her.”
Irby was arrested when the flight landed. A police officer believed that she was still drunk when he attended, the jury heard.
Saloni Khanna, director of the crew on the flight number IT 001, said she had dealt with Miss Irby on a number of occasions during the 11 hour flight.
At one point, she saw Irby sprawled across four seats and she added: “Her skirt had risen up to the waist and her underpants were visible.
”The child had dirtied his diapers and she wasn't aware. I told the crew to take care of the child. “
Miss Irby, of Fulham, south west London, denies being drunk on a plane.
14/09/09 Richard Savill/Telegraph.co.uk, UK

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