Banker accused of assaulting BA cabin crew members cleared of charges

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An investigation has been launched after two passenger planes collided while one of the aircraft was being towed at Heathrow Airport.
An investigation has been launched after two passenger planes collided while one of the aircraft was being towed at Heathrow Airport.

William Clegg, a 33-year-old banker accused of assaulting five British Airways (BA) cabin crew members in 2019 has been cleared of all charges.

Despite allegations of attempting to headbutt a female flight attendant and pulling to the ground a male cabin crew member, a jury has found Clegg not guilty on all counts, the Evening Standard reported.

Clegg’s barrister Trevor Burke QC argued the 33-year-old’s behaviour on the BA flight from San Jose to Heathrow was caused by a mixture of alcohol and two Ambien pills.

“If somebody told me – or had I read the leaflet – and it said there was a one in a million chance of this happening, I would not have taken the pills,” Clegg said.

Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen, also represented by Burke, in December was found not guilty of assaulting a woman on a BA flight in 2019 after mixing alcohol with Ambien.