Man charged with harassing Pamela Stephenson

Man charged with harassing Pamela Stephenson
Man charged with harassing Pamela Stephenson (Image credit: PA)

A man has been charged after allegedly harassing Strictly Come Dancing star Pamela Stephenson during a flight from London to Aberdeen. The 39-year-old was arrested at Aberdeen Airport after Pamela, who is married to comedian Billy Connolly, complained she had been harassed by a fellow passenger. The alleged incident happened on a British Airways flight from Heathrow to Aberdeen on Wednesday evening. Grampian Police said the man was charged and later released. He will appear in court in October. Pamela, 61, a clinical psychologist, was understood to be returning to her home at Candacraig, Strathdon, ahead of the annual Lonach Gathering this weekend. The former comedienne and her husband regularly attend the popular Highland Games and in the past have been joined by famous friends including Dame Judi Dench and Ewan McGregor. A spokesman for Grampian Police said: "We can confirm that a 39-year-old man has been charged in connection with a disturbance on board a plane which landed at Aberdeen airport on Wednesday August 24. "The man is due to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court in October."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.