A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in prison and ordered to pay over 10,000 euros in compensation for assaulting a Guardia Civil officer at the Lanzarote Airport.
The incident occurred last Friday, May 23rd, when Guardia Civil officers received reports of disruptive passengers on board a plane at the Lanzarote Airport.
According to a press release from the Association of Guardia Civil Agents (AUGC), agents were called to a Ryanair flight arriving from Edinburgh after reports that there were several unruly passengers onboard.
“As luck would have it, on this occasion there were three agents who were able to go to the incident, because given the small number of guards at this airport, sometimes these incidents are attended by a single agent accompanied by airport security guards.”
“When the three agents arrived at the aircraft, they were informed by the crew that several passengers had started fighting during the flight, appearing to be under the effects of some substance. The civil guards tried to calm down the 36-year-old individual who was displaying a hostile attitude, but they could not prevent him from kicking and punching them, causing one of them to fracture one of the fingers of his hand.”
“The legal defence of the agent to who fractured a finger, a member of AUGC, was led by the lawyer Juan Carlos Torres Azcaris, and this individual has been convicted of assault against an officer and faces four months in prison and disqualification, four months of fine at rate of €6 per day and will have to compensate the agent €10,416 for the injuries suffered.”
FREQUENT AGGRESSION
The press release goes on to state that this latest case of aggression against Guardia Civil agents is one that is growing more frequent, in particular these incidents are occurring when officers are called to remove passengers from flights.
The AUGC have called for the Directorate General of the Guardia Civil to agree to increase the number of agents at Lanzarote airport, however, so far no measure has been taken.
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