Airport Hold Teacher At Gunpoint Over Daughter's Toys

Thursday 13th November 2008

A mother has been held at gunpoint by anti-terror police after she tried to retrieve her daughters toys from the aircraft she has disembarked from.

Emma Goldman, 45 a teacher at the exclusive Royal School Hampstead in Rosslyn Hill, north London, encountered the anti-terror police at Gatwick Airport only a few minutes after she had left the aircraft, realising that they toys had been left behind. According to reports she broke three emergency door seals and set off security alarms in the process of retrieving the toys.

As a result of the incident Ms Goldman was reportedly placed in a padded cell as well as having her DNA tested and fingerprints taken. She was then taken to court. According to the teacher her friends have now affectionately re-named her Emma Bin Laden as a result of her escapade, however she admits that the entire incident has left her very shaken.