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One of the men accused by a holidaymaker of being part of a group who verbally abused her on a Ryanair flight can today be revealed as a dad-of-three who supports far-right extremist Tommy Robinson.

John Haynes, 34, is accused of being in a group of men who allegedly hurled homophobic insults at Laura Muldoon on board the flight from Stansted Airport.

Furious Laura took to Twitter and posted a photograph of the men she claimed called her a ‘miserable b***h’ and ‘lesbo’ on the flight.

Ms Muldoon, who works as the social media manager at the Museum of London, sarcastically tweeted: “First holiday snap! Of this bunch of lads who chanted that I was a “miserable b*tch”, “d**e” and “lesbo” (very well observed!) on @Ryanair flight 12.27 from Stansted to Seville today.

“Oh yeah, flight crew did nothing. #holidayvibes #outofofficeon #rainontheplane.”

(Image: Triangle News) (Image: Laura Muldoon/Twitter)

Grinning Haynes (circled in red), wearing a white t-shirt and with distinctive sleeve tattoos, can be seen swearing at Laura in the photo.

In June last year Haynes posed for a picture at a Spanish football ground next to a giant Free Tommy Robinson banner. The picture was posted on a friend's Facebbok page with #FreeTommyRobinson #Spain #Niebla #FreedomOfSpeech #England #MartyrOfTheWorkingClass #FuckTheLefties.

(Image: Facebook)

When asked about the Ryanair incident, John Haynes' friend, Sean Houlihan, said: "Why are they all over the news?



"They didn't do anything. You've only heard her side of the story."

On a previous flight Haynes was captured on video with another group of friends singing 'You are My Sunshine' to a mother and baby.

(Image: Facebook)

The group of friends are understood to originally come from Northolt.

Pictured sitting behind John is fellow roofer James Rutniewski (circled in blue), 36, who is believed to work for John.

QPR fan James is due to become a father any day now.

When Mirror.co.uk spoke to his mum, Anne, she was unaware of the flight furore.

Essex Police have confirmed they are investigating the incident.

A spokesman said: "We are aware of a tweet alleging homophobic abuse on board a flight from Stansted Airport.

"This was not reported to us at this time but we are reviewing it and making enquiries."

Miss Muldoon, who was flying out to Seville for a friend's wedding, is understood to be trying to enjoy her holiday.

A friend of Laura's told Mirror.co.uk: "Laura feels the whole thing is getting blown up and that tells you what a nice girls she is. She probably doesn't want them to get into trouble.

"All she wanted was for them to stop being so loud and using bad language. She's detached from it because she wants to enjoy the wedding. She will be speaking with Ryanair when she returns."

Following her complaint, Ryanair contacted her publicly on Twitter to ask if she could send more information via a form.

Her tweet has since had thousands of retweets and 'likes'.

(Image: Rev Raymond Baudon/Twitter) (Image: Alex Valk/Twitter)

She was also flooded with messages of support following the alleged incident.

Rev Raymond Baudon‏ said: “I’m so sorry this has happened to you. If you feel able to please consider reporting them to the police.

“With the passenger list and that photo there’s a good chance the police will be able to ID them. I reported a homophobic threat recently and they took it v seriously.”

Lucy added: “I'm so sorry this happened to you, you shouldn't have to spend the whole flight being abused by a bunch of lowlives.

"Shame on you Ryanair for putting up with blatant hate speech and rowdiness on your plane. Staff should have a zero tolerance policy for this.”

Alex Valk added: “Well done for calling this out Laura. How absolutely disgusting. Hope you have a brilliant rest of your holiday and get a LOT of compensation.”

And Christ blasted: “This should be a simple procedure for Ryanair to identify these pond life.

“Name and shame them, there are too many of these creatures spoiling other people’s enjoyment.”

Despite repeated attempts for a comment Ryanair has so far not sent anything.