Vinnie on air rage charge
13 April 2012
Football star turned actor Vinnie Jones was charged by police today over an alleged air rage incident, police said.
The 38-year-old was travelling in the first class cabin of a Virgin Atlantic plane from Heathrow to Tokyo when the incident is alleged to have taken place.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Vincent Peter Jones, 38, an actor, from Wiggington, Tring, was charged today with the following offences.
"Being drunk on an aircraft, using threatening abusive or insulting words, and common assault on a passenger."