Passenger groped woman on flight to Tenerife after downing wine

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- By AMY WALKER

A DRUNK passenger groped the leg of a woman sat next to him after asking her: “Are you going to f*** me then?”

Craig Lowe, 53, had downed six small bottles of red wine on the four-and-a-hour Jet2 flight from Manchester to Tenerife on November 12, 2023.

After engaging in lighthearted 'banter,' Lowe began making crude sexualised comments towards her, telling her: “Would you come back to my hotel room so I can f*** you?”

He then grabbed her inner thigh, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Lowe, of Wigan, asked her again: “Are you going to f*** me then?” before she went to the toilet to 'get away from him.'

When the woman returned, she placed her hoodie over her lap. Lowe then grabbed her thigh twice more, in which she froze before telling him to 'stop,' which he eventually did.