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'He couldn't have been flying a drone over Gatwick, he was fitting windows at the time!' Boss of double glazing worker, 47, arrested with his wife, 54, insists police have 'got the wrong guy'
2018-12-23
[DailyMail]
  • Paul Gait, 47, and his 54-year-old wife Elaine Kirk were arrested in Crawley near Gatwick on Friday evening

  • Police searched a van outside their home but Mr Gait's boss said he was working when the drone went up

  • Planes were grounded for over an hour yesterday evening when a drone was sighted again above the airfield

  • Flights later resumed with severe delays as the airport said 'military measures' would keep passengers safe

  • Hundreds of thousands of passengers have had their festive travel plans ruined with 1,000 flights cancelled
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  According to the Sun, the ex-squaddie — some sort of English military slang — and his wife have been released because they’re innocent, and

Cops are now trying to find the true culprit - with Gatwick Airport offering the £50,000 reward through Crimestoppers.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-12-23 09:40  

#3  I haven't been able to find any info regarding whether the drones activity is continuing, but the couple who were arrested were released without charge.

Sussex Police Detective Chief Superintendent Jason Tingley said: “Both people have fully co-operated with our enquiries and I am satisfied that they are no longer suspects in the drone incidents at Gatwick.

“It is important to remember that when people are arrested in an effort to make further enquiries it does not mean that they are guilty of an offence and Sussex Police would not seek to make their identity public."
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-12-23 09:35  

#2  Did the drone flights stop?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2018-12-23 09:29  

#1  Gatwick sucks almost as bad ad Heathrow. Trying to get from Heathrow to Gatwick within a 3 hour period is stupid. I was stupid.
Posted by: texhooey   2018-12-23 00:58  

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