Court of Instruction number 4 of Arrecife has convicted a Scottish tourist who assaulted a Civil Guard officer at Lanzarote Airport last week.
The sentence, which La Voz has had access to, recognizes as proven fact that the confessed perpetrator A.G.S. was "disturbing the peace" inside a Ryanair plane "with an aggressive attitude." The events took place on May 23rd at 4:30 PM, and the flight FR5593 he was traveling on had just landed on the island.
According to the Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC), the agents were notified that there was a brawl on board the plane between several passengers and that they were allegedly under the influence of some substance.
Three Civil Guard agents approached the plane, trying to calm one of the problematic passengers. However, the judicial ruling acknowledges that at all times the only passenger convicted was with a "aggressive, defiant and violent attitude", who refused to cooperate with the agents, kicked them and tried to punch them several times.
In the framework of this operation, he gave several kicks and punches in different parts of the body to an agent and even twisted the finger of his left hand. The civil guard had to undergo surgery as a result of the aggression. In addition, he will have to be on medical leave for 90 days.
The problematic tourist has been sentenced to four months in prison for the crimes of injury and attack against authority, which is suspended if he does not commit a crime in the following two years, and special disqualification for the exercise of the right to passive suffrage, as well as a fine of four months with a daily fee of six euros. In addition, he must compensate the agent with 6,066 euros for the injuries and 4,350 euros for the consequences.
They denounce the lack of agents
The Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) has issued a statement stating that "luckily, on this occasion there were three civil guards who were able to attend the notice, because given the meager staff of guards at this airport, sometimes only one agent accompanied by security guards attends these notices."
Thus, it explains that last Friday, May 16, the Operations Center (CEOPS) alerted of another incident on a Ryanair flight to Malaga, where the crew denied access to the plane to a Spanish citizen who entered once boarding was completed and who was evicted. On that occasion, according to the association, one agent and two airport security employees attended this other incident due to the lack of personnel.
Finally, the AUGC states that the staff is "manifestly insufficient for an Airport that received nine million passengers in 2024." Thus, it asks the General Directorate of the Civil Guard to expand the staff at the airport, to carry out a protocol on aircraft and to distribute electric pistols.
