Drunken Cambridge lecturer called fellow BA flier a Jihadist

A former Cambridge University lecturer who told a fellow British Airways passenger he looked ‘like a jihadist’ in a drunken rant at 30,000ft has been spared jail. Adam Coutts, 48, who has advised UN agencies on refugees, was ‘drunk beyond control’ when he abused Hammad Aziz on the Cairo to Heathrow flight on 15 July. Coutts was heard telling Mr Aziz: ‘You should shave your beard, you look like a jihadist.’ He added: ‘You should go to Birmingham to blow…

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