muslim tries to steal passenger jet in UK

Man Slips Security at U.K. Airport

Tue Nov 19,12:36 PM ET

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LONDON (AP) - An young man of Arab extraction got past security at London's
Stansted Airport and into the cockpit of an empty passenger jet before he
was caught, police said Tuesday.

Authorities said, however, they found nothing to link Josef Monti, 18, who
lives in Paris, with any terrorist organization.

Monti reportedly broke into the European Aviation Boeing 737 Wednesday and
urinated in the cockpit, police said.

He pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court on Friday to one count of
criminal damage and two charges under the Aviation Security Act. Monti was
being held for psychiatric evaluation.

Police said Monti gave them no credible reasons for his behavior.

British news reports said that after arriving in Britain aboard a Eurostar
train from France, Monti asked for directions to north London's Finsbury
Park mosque, which is widely regarded as a center of radical Islam in
Britain. Police said they were unable to confirm that report.