Naomi arrested in airport fracas
Naomi Campbell was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. Credit: Chris Jackson, Getty Images
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Friday April 04 2008
NAOMI CAMPBELL had to be removed by police from a flight out of Heathrow last night after getting angry over a missing bag.
The model, pictured above, was then arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer as she was hauled away from the first class lounge of Terminal 5 "ranting and screaming".
A London Metropolitan Police spokesman said that a woman was arrested at the terminal for an assault on police, but refused to give her name.
Arrested
The spokesman said: "At 17:11, officers were alerted to a disturbance at Terminal 5. Subsequently a 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and was taken to Heathrow police station where she remains."
Unconfirmed reports suggest the model was due to catch a 4pm flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles, but had apparently mislaid one of her three items of hand luggage. She then apparently demanded that airport staff find the bag and turned down their offer to look for it and forward it later.
As the incident escalated, staff allegedly asked her to leave the airport, saying that she was unfit to fly.
Police were called and Campbell was reportedly heard screaming "get off me, leave me alone" before she then allegedly assaulted an officer and was taken to the police station.
BA269, the flight Campbell was apparently due to board, left more than 90 minutes late while bags belonging to the model and her entourage were taken from the flight.
Last year Campbell is said to have unleashed a tirade of abuse when she arrived at Heathrow 11 minutes before the scheduled takeoff of a BA plane and demanded that she be allowed to board.
According to witnesses to the incident, she shouted at BA staff: "I can't believe you won't allow me on your flight. What is this? Who must I speak to?"
She then left the airport without taking up BA's offer of a place on a later flight to New York.
Last year at a court in New York she admitted a charge of reckless assault..
Meanwhile, British Airways said the chaotic opening of London Heathrow airport's new Terminal 5 would cost it about pounds £16m (€20.4m). The airline has cancelled 300 flights. (© The Times, London)
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Naomi Campbell was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. Credit: Chris Jackson, Getty Images
http://www.independent.ie/
Friday April 04 2008
NAOMI CAMPBELL had to be removed by police from a flight out of Heathrow last night after getting angry over a missing bag.
The model, pictured above, was then arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer as she was hauled away from the first class lounge of Terminal 5 "ranting and screaming".
A London Metropolitan Police spokesman said that a woman was arrested at the terminal for an assault on police, but refused to give her name.
Arrested
The spokesman said: "At 17:11, officers were alerted to a disturbance at Terminal 5. Subsequently a 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and was taken to Heathrow police station where she remains."
Unconfirmed reports suggest the model was due to catch a 4pm flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles, but had apparently mislaid one of her three items of hand luggage. She then apparently demanded that airport staff find the bag and turned down their offer to look for it and forward it later.
As the incident escalated, staff allegedly asked her to leave the airport, saying that she was unfit to fly.
Police were called and Campbell was reportedly heard screaming "get off me, leave me alone" before she then allegedly assaulted an officer and was taken to the police station.
BA269, the flight Campbell was apparently due to board, left more than 90 minutes late while bags belonging to the model and her entourage were taken from the flight.
Last year Campbell is said to have unleashed a tirade of abuse when she arrived at Heathrow 11 minutes before the scheduled takeoff of a BA plane and demanded that she be allowed to board.
According to witnesses to the incident, she shouted at BA staff: "I can't believe you won't allow me on your flight. What is this? Who must I speak to?"
She then left the airport without taking up BA's offer of a place on a later flight to New York.
Last year at a court in New York she admitted a charge of reckless assault..
Meanwhile, British Airways said the chaotic opening of London Heathrow airport's new Terminal 5 would cost it about pounds £16m (€20.4m). The airline has cancelled 300 flights. (© The Times, London)
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