Could Mr. Marks be another JEW, and that is why he is complaining?
As in Karl Marx....anglicised
He was a pig, obviously, in trying to board the flight improperly.
His comments certainly seem to justify the charges.
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:09:11 +0000, Frinkenstein
wrote:
>FFS! What kind of offence is this: "racially aggravated fear of
>provocation of violence" ????
>
>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005560451,00.html
>
>A TYCOON was taken off a jet and held for five hours — for asking an
>Asian air worker where she was from.
>
>Multi-millionaire John Marks, 50, was detained in handcuffs following an
>exchange with the woman at a departure gate at Birmingham Airport.
>
>As the Servisair employee looked through his travel documents, he asked:
>“Where do you come from?”
>
>When she replied, “Birmingham” the 6ft 4in, 17st businessman asked: “No,
>where are you from originally?”
>
>He had another run-in with the same worker when he tried to board the
>Air Malta flight before his seat number had been called.
>
>A business colleague travelling to Malta with him asked him why there
>was a problem and he answered, spelling out the final word: “Maybe it’s
>because I'm w-h-i-t-e.”
>
>Mr Marks finally boarded the plane but just before take-off he was asked
>to get off by the cabin crew.
>
>Two policemen were waiting outside to arrest him.
>
>He was driven to Chelmsley Wood police station and held for five hours
>in a cell before being released on bail pending further inquiries.
>
>Police said he had been arrested on suspicion of “racially aggravated
>fear of provocation of violence”.
>
>But last night Mr Marks, managing director of a financial services
>company with offices in South-East Asia, insisted: “I am not a racist.
>
>“The question about where the woman came from was a genuine inquiry. At
>no time did I threaten violence or try to be racially insulting. I felt
>an atmosphere developing so did not prolong the conversation.”
>
>Mr Marks, who has no previous convictions, said he only tried to board
>the flight early because he had a Frequent Flyer card.
>
>And he insisted his comment about being white was addressed only to his
>colleague.
>
>A spokesman for Servisair, the ground handling agents for Air Malta,
>said the woman and an Asian workmate had felt they were being racially
>abused verbally.
>
>A legal expert said the charge covered allegedly racist comments being
>made which led someone to believe they could be the target for violence.
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