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Blue's Lee Ryan found guilty of telling attendant 'I want your chocolate children' on Glasgow flight

Blue singer Lee Ryan told a black flight attendant 'I want your chocolate children' and appeared to try and kiss her, while he was drunk on a plane from Glasgow.

The singer was today found guilty of racially aggravated assault over his comment as well as being found guilty of of being drunk on an aircraft, assaulting a police officer by biting him, racially aggravated common assault by beating and behaving in an abusive way towards the cabin crew member.

The 39-year-old was on a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City in July 2022 when he was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before boarding.

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