Soldier fined; security guard sacked over gun stunt
13.12.08
A soldier has been fined and a security worker who failed to spot two toy guns in hand luggage at Edinburgh Airport sacked. Soldier Matthew Monaghan, 19, from Northern Ireland, sparked chaos at the airport when a prank to plant toy guns in his friend's hand luggage went wrong.
Mr Monaghan, along with another friend, planted a water pistol and a toy gun in the baggage of two of his friends as they waited to board a Ryanair flight at the airport on May 2. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday a sheriff criticised his ‘stupid stunt' after he admitted breach of the peace.
Sheriff Derrick McIntyre fined him £1350 and told the County Down man that he should have known better. Fiscal depute Dev Kapadia said BAA later sacked the person responsible for allowing the bags through unchecked.
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