Woman downed 15 cans of wine on flight before saying ‘go back to your council houses’

A woman told passengers to ‘go back to your council houses’ after downing 15 cans of wine on a nine-hour flight, a court has heard.

Karen Baker, 59, elbowed and punched her partner, Steven White, on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Miami to London Heathrow on February 9 this year.

During the flight, she turned around and yelled at others, accusing them of ‘kicking her seat’, prosecutor Ashleigh Ettienne said.

Baker ‘started to try and have a conversation with those seated around her, speaking very loudly, slurring her words.

When passengers tried to intervene, she shouted at them: ‘I will be going back to my big house and you will be going back to your council houses.’

‘When other passengers did not respond, she told one: ‘F*ck you then.’ The prosecutor added: ‘Her partner tried to calm