Brazen easyJet passenger's shameless excuse as she performed sex act on flight

Antonia Sullivan backtracked with an audacious excuse when she and boyfriend Bradly Smith were spotted engaging in intimate fun on the easyJet flight to Bristol

A woman caught pleasuring her boyfriend in front of horrified passengers on board an easyJet flight tried to quickly backtrack with excuses.

Antonia Sullivan and Bradly Smith were on the packed easyJet flight to Bristol from Tenerife when they carried out the sex act. Sullivan, 20, was seen placing coats over Smith's lap minutes after take-off before witnesses spotted "vigorous hand movements" from beneath in seats 16A and 16B on the March 3 flight.

A court heard Smith had asked his girlfriend to carry out the act, which was witnessed by three fellow passengers including a teenage girl seated behind them next to her mum. The shocked girl told her mother 'I can see his bits' - but Sullivan told cabin crew she was just rubbing her boyfriend's leg.

The pair, both from Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, were reported to crew and later hauled off the flight by officers and questioned after landing in Bristol. Sullivan and Smith, 22, pleaded guilty to a count of outraging public decency by committing a sexual act in a public place at Bristol Magistrates Court this week.

According to The Sun, prosecutor Maree Doyle told the court: "After a few minutes the witness was aware that the couple had re-arranged some coats over Smith’s lap and there followed vigorous hand movements beneath the coat. The witness sitting next to them could see what was happening while a mother and teenage daughter sitting behind the couple could also see what was going on.”

Judge Lynn Matthews told the pair: "You had no regard for the feelings of other passengers. There was a child sitting behind you who was able to see what was happening. Who do you think you are and what right do you think entitled you to behave in that way in full view of people on that flight?”

Smith was ordered to complete 300 hours of community work and Sullivan was told to finish 270 hours. An easyJet spokesperson told The Sun: "We can confirm that this flight to Bristol was met by police on arrival, due to the behaviour of two passengers onboard.”