Jury to consider verdict on rock star 'air rage' charges

Jury to consider verdict on rock star 'air rage' charges

The jury hearing the case against Peter Buck is expected to begin considering its verdicts.

The REM guitarist is accused of a drink-fuelled air-rage attack.

Buck changed from a "pleasant and polite southern gentleman" into a "nasty and foul-mouthed drunk" after drinking about 15 glasses of wine on a flight to London, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

The guitarist denies being drunk on board the plane, common assault on an air stewardess and the cabin services director, and damaging British Airways property.

Buck, who was on a 10-hour flight from Seattle to perform at the Nelson Mandela concert in Trafalgar Square, claims he had a bad reaction after taking a sleeping tablet and drinking up to six small glasses of red wine.

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