Intoxicated Israeli man ordered to pay fine for causing a disturbance on a plane - and endangering his equally drunk wife
- The 52-year-old is said to have used excessive force to awaken his wife
- Couple allegedly drank an entire bottle of vodka they purchased in Israel
- Sapoznikov is understood to have hit his wife's head against the bulkhead
A drunk man who endangered his wife inside an aircraft has been fined for causing a disturbance during a flight to Malta.
Boris Sapoznikov, from Jerusalem was charged with recklessly endangering persons inside an aircraft, being drunk on board an aircraft and breaching the peace during the flight on which he allegedly consumed vodka, local press reported.
The 52-year-old is also said to have used excessive force to awaken his equally drunk wife who had helped him drink the entire bottle of vodka they had purchased from the duty free in Israel.

In court on Monday, the Israeli citizen who flew into Malta (above) refused a lawyer offered to defend him and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges
According to MaltaToday, upon landing in the country Sapoznikov is understood to have hit his wife's head against the bulkhead in front of her after failing to wake her more subtly.
She was uninjured and did not press charges.
In court on Monday, the Israeli citizen refused a lawyer offered to defend him and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges.
MaltaToday reported that he told the court through an interpreter: 'I was drunk but I didn't harm anyone.'

Couple allegedly drank an entire bottle of vodka they purchased in Duty Free in Israel during the flight
After Magistrate Scerri Herrera pointed out that he was not charged with harming people, but with other offences, she mentioned the likelihood of a fine of just under €1,000.
Sapoznikov then replied: 'I don't want to go to prison. When you said €1,000, I do not have that money.'
The 52-year-old later changed his plea to guilty ahead of orders that he was to be remanded in custody and was ordered to pay a fine of €450.
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