The aggressive racial abuse is on video.
Such hate speech is a criminal offence and the law should be enforced.
Witnesses - real ones, not the "my brother was on that flight" - have said the woman did nothing to provoke him beforehand
She may well have said he stank as reaction to the racial abuse
- she did NOT retaliate by calling him an ugly white bastard, so the abuser and victim are very clear
The Twitter storm is just pressuring Ryanair and the authorities to enforce the law
That's not mob rule
If he is charged, any extenuating circumstances like dementia would certainly be taken into account, at least for the punishment.
Alcohol is not an extenuating factor,
However, Ryanair may have enabled him to escape justice, by flying him out of Spanish jurisdiction
- this is another reason why police should be called to remove aggressive passengers, whether racists or just drunks.
The main reason of course, being safety in the air:
fortunately he doesn't seem to have caused further disturbance once he got his way and didn't have to sit next to an elderly disabled black woman.
However, it could have flared up later, especially if Ryanair continued to prioritsie profit and sold him more booze.
That is why, even if he escapes the law, airlines should ban him for life as a menace
They can do this to football louts etc