jail term trebled for millionaire who threatened to gang rape cabin crew

A Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to ‘gang rape and set alight’ an air hostess has had his sentence extended by three years.

Salman Iftikhar,38,from Iver,Buckinghamshire,was originally given a 15-month sentence for one count of threats to kill and one count of racially aggravated intentional harassment.

He was drunk on a flight from London to Lahore,Pakistan,when he was asked to return to his seat by a cabin crew member after he picked up ice with his hands.

Instead of following the request,Salman targeted the lead member of the cabin crew,swearing at and racially abusing her before threatening that she would be raped and killed in her hotel room.

Salman Iftikhar will now serve four years and three months in prison (Picture: Central News/X)

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