Man has been living in Katowice Airport for three weeks | World News

A man has been living in an airport for more than three weeks and spends time pestering travellers for cash.

The man – only known as Prince N – turned up at Katowice Airport, Poland, on New Year’s Day.

He flew from Leeds and was meant to catch a connecting flight to Abu Dhabi but never hopped on the plane.

People at the airport have described him as ‘pushy’ and ‘aggressive’, while a shop worker said although he appears poverty stricken he has at least one bank card.

She was caught by surprise when she saw him being rude to other customers and she was forced to call security.

‘When I asked him not to do that, he got angry and started screaming. I got scared and called security,’ she said.

‘After my shift, I went to see my friends who work in a cafe. They told me that he also comes to them. They felt sorry for him too.’

The shop worker said she believed he was in some sort of crisis at first so she bought him a sandwich.

Police say they are powerless to deport the man despite him being questioned 14 times.

An appeal in the local paper has even been launched now, asking: ‘Are you looking for this British guy?’

Other people reported that he washes himself in the airport bathrooms and sometimes spends the whole day there.

Kamil Kubica, a police spokesperson, said the man had been kicked out of an airport hotel for vandalising his room and added: ‘Due to the interests of the ongoing proceedings, I can’t add much more.’

Piotr Adamczyk, a spokesperson for Katowice Airport, said: ‘The passenger caught our attention with his behaviour, he was aggressive towards customers and airport employees.

‘Due to the above, services were called to him several times, i.e. the Border Guard and the police. Each time the police detained him for 48 hours.

‘We informed the British Embassy in Warsaw about the situation, which offered the opportunity to purchase a ticket for its citizen for a return flight to his homeland.

‘Mr. Prince N. was not interested in this.’

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