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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

Woman sexually assaulted on flight challenges UK rules on compensation

A Qatar Airways plane
The assault happened on a Qatar Airways plane in September last year. Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

A woman who was sexually assaulted while sleeping on a flight to London is challenging UK government rules that disqualify her from a compensation scheme because the plane was not registered in Britain.

She was attacked on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar, to Gatwick in September last year.

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