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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Neil Shaw & Damon Wilkinson

Vodka-fuelled veterinary nurse caused mayhem "screaming and swearing at everyone" on flight to Turkey from Manchester Airport but is allowed to keep her job despite 'bringing profession into disrepute'

A veterinary nurse dubbed 'every passenger's worst nightmare' after she downed a bottle of vodka and caused chaos on a flight from Manchester Airport has been allowed to keep her job following a disciplinary hearing. Katherine Heyes from Wigan, was 'screaming and swearing at everyone' - including her own three-year-old child - during the Thomas Cook flight to Turkey.

In July 2020 the then 29-year-old was ordered to do 80 hours unpaid work after admitting entering an aircraft when drunk. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons disciplinary committee has now ruled that despite Ms Heyes' 'disgraceful conduct' she shouldn't be struck off or suspended.

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