Overview

• Lowe, 53, admitted sexual assault and entering an aircraft when drunk after groping a woman during a Nov. 12, 2023 Jet2 flight.
• Prosecutors said he drank six small bottles of red wine before making crude sexual propositions and grabbing her inner thigh.
• He also threatened a passenger who intervened, with confrontational behavior continuing as passengers disembarked and boarded the airport bus.
• Manchester Crown Court imposed 28 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months, citing the near two‑year delay and steps to address alcohol issues, and ordered 150 hours of unpaid work, 20 rehabilitation activity days and seven years on the Sex Offenders Register.
• The victim described lasting travel anxiety and said the lack of on‑board CCTV left her feeling less safe.