Thursday 12 April 2018

Drunk Eurostar Passenger Had Taken Five-Year Old To Disneyland Paris

A woman who got drunk on Eurostar while taking care of a young girl, who had just celebrated her fifth birthday at Disneyland Paris, has received a suspended prison sentence.

Abusive Yazmin Khan, 25, was filmed by shocked fellow-passengers and she was arrested when the train arrived at St. Pancras Station.

“Because of the language you used and the long period of time this lasted these offences are very serious,” District Judge Richard Blake told her at Westminster Magistrates Court.

“This was so serious members of the public filmed your behaviour,” he added, sentencing Khan to twelve weeks imprisonment, suspended for eighteen months.

Jobless Khan, of Spring Plat Court, Blackwater Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley pleaded guilty to being drunk in charge of a child on the train on November 15, last year.

She also pleaded guilty to neglecting the little girl in a manner likely to cause unnecessary injury or suffering and was also ordered to complete 25 days of rehab and pay a £115 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Her lawyer Mr. Joe Davidson told the court: “She accepts this was an ugly and regrettable incident. She knows how wrong her conduct was.

“She made no attempt to hide her offending and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.

“Her remorse is palpable and she feels the full weight of her guilt everyday.

“This was a stupid one-off mistake and she does not remember what happened, but did not try to wriggle out of responsibility.”

District Judge Blake added: “I have been in court many years and find this case upsetting. This trip should have been a good memory for her.

"Don’t go on adventures to Paris that are going to end in difficulties because you are under pressure.”

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