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“Right after takeoff, the accused insisted on getting up from his seat to use the lavatory,” she said.

Ibrus said Young was told he would have to sit down for safety reasons and initially he complied.

But he got up shortly afterward and again tried to push his way into the locked washroom, becoming aggressive toward a passenger who tried to intervene and swore at her.

“The accused was non-compliant with the flight attendant’s safety instructions and forced his way into the lavatory to use it.”

When he exited, he began to verbally berate the other passenger, Karen Ambler, and staff had to get in between them to prevent a physical altercation, the prosecutor said.

Eventually Young sat back down, but the crew and Ambler were “left shaken and threatened” by Young, and the decision was made to return the flight to Calgary.

However, to reduce the airplane’s weight for landing, Capt. Rodney Booth had to dump 20,000 pounds of fuel and then fly around first at 10,000 feet and then 8,000 feet to burn off more fuel.

“The fuel burn took approximately 45 minutes,” Ibrus said.

When the flight got back to the gate, Const. Conrad Yue arrested Young, but he repeatedly resisted the officer and Canada Border Services Agency officers who tried to lead him to an airport cell.

The entire flight was delayed four hours, as was a return flight from London.

Both Ibrus and Parhar agreed the seven days Young spent behind bars after his arrest was sufficient punishment.