Laser pen lout sentenced for endangering helicopter

A man who dazzled police helicopter crew with a laser pen during a late night party has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting endangering an aircraft. 

 

Chris Vowles was with friends drinking in the back garden of a house in Eatesbrook Road, Kitts Green, when he targeted the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter with the laser beam on 31 July.