Lavish life-style of Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to ‘gang rape’ stewardess

Salman Iftikhar wept within the dock after he was sentenced for hurling demise threats and racist abuse at Virgin Atlantic cabin crew throughout a flight to Lahore, Pakistan

A thug who threatened to gang rape a Virgin Atlantic stewardess and set her alight is a “super flash” recruitment tycoon whose enterprise went bust with £17million value of money owed, it has emerged.

Salman Iftikhar, who additionally has two wives, instructed flight attendant Angie Walsh she can be dragged out of her resort room, gang raped and set alight. Fellow passengers in firstclass watched as Iftikhar – flying with one in every of his spouses and three youngsters – repeatedly referred to as Ms Walsh a “f***ing bitch” throughout the flight from London Heathrow to Lahore, Pakistan.

Iftikhar, 37, later threatened to blow-up the five-star resort at which the cabin crew have been set to remain. However, a court docket heard this week no motion was taken towards the recruitment boss after the aircraft arrived in Pakistan – and he was solely arrested at his £900,000 indifferent house in Iver, Buckinghamshire, after his vacation.

But the yob was lastly caged for 15 months at Isleworth Crown Court on Tuesday after admitting making threats to kill and racially aggravated harassment. The choose took into consideration Iftikhar’s six earlier convictions, together with a typical assault, a document she described as “lengthy and appalling”.

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And it has since emerged the daddy of three stored a variety of pricy vehicles – from a Range Rover, Bentley and Royles Royce – on his driveway on the time of his arrest. He lived within the six-bedroom house with spouse Erum Salman, 38, and collectively the pair run a London-based staffing firm which offers coaching to companies working in customer support and manufacturing.

But based on these recognized to the Buckinghamshire couple, the pair had a “rocky marriage and would argue quite a bit” – with police being referred to as in a single occasion. Images on social media suggest a unique story, although, because the dad is seen posing in entrance of a royal blue Royles Royce kitted out with a white leather-based inside in a single snap. Other photos present a Range Rover, Bentley and a Mercedes parked outdoors the house of the six-bedroom property.

Yet, the recruitment boss, regardless of being very rich, had a failed enterprise enterprise that has left him tens of millions of kilos in debt. The enterprise mogul beforehand owned an aviation recruitment enterprise, nonetheless it went into administration owing greater than £11m to HMRC and £6.885m to HSBC.

The firm, referred to as Core Labour Supply Limited (CLSL), had a speedy rise and shortly began having a turnover of just about £90m in 2022. It meant Iftikhar was in a position to proceed having fun with his style for the excessive life – paying himself dividends of just about £1m a yr between 2018 and 2021. The enterprise, although, was badly affected by Covid and two of his greatest clients, which accounted for 35 per cent, left.

A neighbour of Iftikhar – who requested to not be named – revealed to the Daily Mail: “He’s definitely very flash, someone who likes to flaunt his wealth. How he made his money is beyond me, he ran a recruitment consultancy but I didn’t really tend to see him leave for work. He was around the house most of the time.”

Iftikhar wept in court docket when he was sentenced on Tuesday. Ms Recorder Annabel Darlow KC stated: “Your threats to kill were made in the presence of children, specifically your three young children.

“These have been threats made with vital violence. Your youngsters needed to be comforted by cabin crew employees whilst you made these threats.

“Ms Walsh has given up a job which she has loved for 14 months, but thankfully has now returned to work. This was a sustained incident which involved repeated racist abuse to Ms Walsh.

“You have a prolonged and appalling document of misconduct. You haven’t addressed the underlying reason for this for a few years, that’s your drug and alcohol downside. Given your life-style and your means to earn cash, your hurt and threat has not moved. This was an appalling incident which has triggered lengthy lasting and devastating penalties.”