Two men have appeared in court in connection with the racial abuse of former Manchester United star Andy Cole on a flight from Dublin to Manchester, reports The Guardian. Two men were said to be drunk during the flight when the retired striker was subjected to racial slurs.
The men, both aged in their 20s, were arrested when the Aer Lingus flight touched down at Manchester airport on Sunday.
They appeared before Trafford magistrates court on Monday, where they were charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.
A Greater Manchester police spokesman said: "Gregory Horan, 26, of no fixed abode, has been charged with being drunk in an aircraft and Lee Patrick Byrne, 28, from Dublin, Republic of Ireland, has been charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence."
