A woman who was sexually assaulted on a flight to the UK can’t be compensated due to a legal loophole.

Kelly – who is using a fake name for anonymity – was attacked on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar, to Gatwick in September last year.

Momade Jussab, 66, of Feltham, was sitting next to her and put his hands down her trousers. He was arrested at Gatwick and jailed in May.

Kelly, who was 24 at the time of the attack, has been denied a payout under the Criminal Injuries Compensation (CIC) scheme.

Officials said that because the incident happened on a plane not registered in Britain, Kelly cannot make a claim.

Her lawyers have written to the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, urging her to close what they believe is a gap in the law. Kelly, a Londoner in her 20s, told the BBC tha

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