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A woman who attacked police as she was removed from a flight to Turkey has been locked up.

Kodie Richardson, 20, launched a drunken tirade at other passengers and crew on board a Thomas Cook Airlines flight to Turkey.

The Manchester Evening News reports how she sobbed in the dock as she was handed ten months in a young offenders' institution.

She appeared at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday morning.

(Image: Manchester Evening News)

Her mother Kelly Meadowcroft, 38, was also jailed for two months for her drunken behaviour on board.

A judge branded their conduct 'disgraceful' as he imposed their sentences.

Richardson's outburst terrified fellow passengers on board the flight about to set off from Manchester Airport.

It prompted the captain, who was taxiing to the runway, to abort the scheduled departure, turn back to the terminal and ask police to remove the mother and daughter due to their 'unruly and drunken' antics on board.

But Richardson refused to leave her seat before abusing and then attacking THREE police officers who boarded the aircraft to remove her, kicking one in the face.

Police body-cam footage of Richardson was played in court. It showed her kicking and screaming as she was taken off the plane and loaded into the back of a police van.

Sentencing the Wythenshawe pair, Judge Savill told them: "I have seen the body cam footage of what then ensued and it was a disgraceful incident.

"Richardson had 'instigated' the incident and it took four police officers to remove her from the jet," said the judge.

In what the judge described a 'low point even by your own low standards', Richardson assaulted three police officers and screamed vile racist abuse at them.

Her mother Meadowcroft was 'extremely drunk' as well as swearing and shouting, although her conduct was 'not of the same significant level' as that of her daughter, the judge told the court.

Meadowcroft was said to be 'embarrassed' at her daughter but so drunk she was incapable of helping police.

The incident also left children on board in tears - and one member of cabin crew was so upset she was discharged from duty.

The judge accepted Richardson had had a 'troubled upbringing' as well as problems with drink and drugs, while her father and grandfather had recently died.

But he told the defendant she was responsible for a 'prolonged antisocial and obnoxious piece of behaviour', adding: "Members of the public look forward to their holidays and you ruined it before they had even started."

He said 'thankfully' the plane had not taken off and the incident had happened while the aircraft was on the ground.

He commended the police officers who had acted with 'considerable restraint'.

The drama started moments before Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT354 to Antalya in Turkey had pushed back from Terminal 1 at about 7.45pm on September 11, last year.

After taking her seat, Richardson asked fellow passengers for a cigarette and threatened to knock out one crew member.

She and her mother Kelly Meadowcroft, 38, both from Wythenshawe, were seen swigging from an open bottle of duty free spirit and disrupted the safety briefing, the court heard.

Richardson aimed a volley of foul-mouthed abuse at police when they were called, upsetting fellow passengers and leaving a six-year-old girl - and even one member of the cabin crew - in tears.

Prosecutor Haseeb Yousaf told Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court, as he opened the case on Tuesday, that the captain decided to turn the aircraft around as it taxied towards the runway and radioed for police officers to remove two passengers because of their 'unruly behaviour and drunkenness'.

When the aircraft returned to the stand, officers boarded and asked passengers not to take footage as they tried to remove the two women.

But 'very drunk' Richardson began to scream at the police officers, refusing to leave her seat while her also inebriated mother 'struggled to put a sentence together', the court was told.

Richardson, who was 'lashing out and thrashing around', was eventually removed from her seat and taken out of the rear of the plane where she continued to be abusive after being handcuffed and resisted attempts to load her into the cage at the rear of a police van.

Her mother had been 'unsteady on her feet and was slurring her words', said Mr Yousaf.

Three police constables were hurt as Richardson lashed out. One officer suffered a cut lip after being kicked in the face while a second suffered a deep cut to a finger.

Abuse

The court heard the abuse continued in the back of the police van, with Richardson telling officers: "You f***ing bitch. I will make sure you are crying you f***ing c***."

Delayed, the flight was able to resume its journey to Turkey - minus the mother and daughter.

When she was finally interviewed at the airport police station, apologetic Richardson told officers 'I'm sorry' and claimed she hadn't intended to assault the officers.

The court heard Richardson only had one caution for theft on her record while her mother had 52 crimes to her name, including for violence.

Frequently screaming and shouting, she is heard on the body cam footage to tell the officers: "I've not done nothing wrong. I'm not getting off. With all due respect, I'm going to Turkey and my dad has just died. I want to go away. I want to go on my holiday."

As police struggled to remove her, she was heard to scream: "Get off me. I've not done nothing wrong. Why are you doing it? Get off me now... You're nasty. I want to go home. Listen, listen... you are hurting me."

Finally loaded into the back of the police van, she is heard screaming: "Take those f***ing things off me. I want my mum. You are hurting me. You f***ing bitch."

Defending Richardson, Huw Edwards told the court his client's remorse was 'genuine'.

The court heard his client was 'articulate and cogent' and that she had apologised as soon as she was interviewed by officers.

Judge Savill said only immediate custodial sentences would be appropriate for both defendants.

Meadowcroft, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to entering an aircraft when drunk at an earlier hearing.

She showed no reaction as she was jailed for two months.

Richardson, of no fixed abode, admitted entering an aircraft when drunk, racially aggravated harassment, three counts of assaulting police and also using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour.

She sobbed in the dock and looked over at two friends in public gallery, saying 'I love you', as the judge handed her ten months in a young offenders' institution.