Overview

• On June 18, 2025, Manchester Crown Court ordered Melissa Burgess to complete 100 hours of community service after she admitted three counts of assaulting an emergency worker and one count of being drunk on an aircraft.
• Matthew Burgess received a seven-day rehabilitation activity requirement for admitting a single count of being drunk on a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Ibiza.
• The incident began on October 21, 2023, when the heavily intoxicated siblings were ejected following a row with other passengers over seat allocation.
• Body-camera footage showed Melissa Burgess kicking two officers in the leg and spitting in the face of a third as police tried to restrain her on the tarmac.
• The judge noted that had the assault occurred while the plane was airborne, both siblings would have been sentenced to prison.