Jetstar passenger tasered and thrown from flight is brutally shut down by reporter
A Jetstar passenger who was tasered and kicked off a flight got into an awkward moment out of court after claiming he had “done nothing wrong.”
Bolic Bet Malou, 30, pleaded guilty to obstructing an official and behaving in an abusive or disorderly manner on an aircraft causing danger at Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The Sudanese refugee turned music producer become abusive to airline personnel on board a Jetstar flight Perth to Melbourne on March 18.
An alcohol-fuelled argument broke out between Malou and his wife, with the latter asking the cabin crew to switch seats so she could be separated from him.
Malou, who also pushed his family and other passengers ahead to get on his flight, refused to follow the crew’s instructions to sit in a seat away from his wife.
Bolic Bet Malou, 30, pleaded guilty to obstructing an official and behaving in an abusive or disorderly manner on an aircraft causing danger in Perth Magistrates Court
The captain of the plane called Australian Federal Police, who struggled with Malou on board the plane.
Malou put one of the officers in a headlock and tried to grab his taser before he was tasered three times by police and then kicked off the flight.
The music producer refused to apologize out of court on Thursday, insisting he was ‘innocent’.
“How can I regret when I was the one who got moved from a chair that belonged to me?” he told reporters.
“So I didn’t do anything wrong.”
9News reporter Jack Hahn responded by asking, “Then why did you plead guilty if you didn’t do anything wrong?”
Malou awkwardly turned away from Hahn before walking away without a word.
The Sudanese refugee turned music producer struggled with AFP agents after he refused to take his seat on the plane
Footage of the incident shows how officers storm the plane and forcefully remove Malou.
“You didn’t follow the plane’s instructions. I need you to come with me now… either you come with us voluntarily or we’re going to catch you’, you hear the officer say.
When Malou refused, he was assaulted before a taser was deployed to subdue him as officers shouted: ‘Stop resisting’.
Malou was then put in a headlock and escorted him off the plane as he writhe in pain.
In a statement, the AFP said they had to restrain Malou after he assaulted an officer.
“Police had to deploy a taser to restrain and arrest the man,” the AFP said in a statement.
“Three AFP officers suffered minor injuries that were later treated.”
The Australian Federal Police described the incident as ‘one of the most serious incidents on an airplane in WA for some time’ (pictured, Australian Federal Police officers arresting Malou)
The AFP described the incident as ‘one of the most serious incidents to occur on an aircraft in WA for some time’.
Malou was initially charged with four offences, including failure to comply with a security brief and causing harm to a Commonwealth official, and spent two days behind bars.
These offenses were later negotiated into two, to which he pleaded guilty.
Malou was fined $1,500, ordered to pay court costs, and served a one-year parole order with $2,000 bail.