http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/...eeping-passenger/story-e6frfq80-1226038344198
A MAN has allegedly admitted that he sexually assaulting female passenger sleeping next to him on flight after covering her with blanket. Sixty-four-year-old Ramesh Advani, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty in the federal court in Newark to a charge of abusive sexual contact.
Prosecutors say Advani was seated next to the victim on an overnight Continental Airlines flight on May 21 last year.
Advani admitted he reached under a blanket covering the woman and assaulted her.
Passengers sitting behind the victims kicked her seats to alerts her, prosecutors say. She then awoke and alerted the flight crew. Advani was detained when the plane landed.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for August 1.