THE pilot of a plane which crashed and injured UKIP leader Nigel Farage during an election day stunt was today convicted of making threats to kill.
Justin Adams, of Buckland, was found guilty by a jury at Oxford Crown Court of five counts of making threats to kill relating to Mr Farage and Civil Aviation Authority crash investigator Martin James.
The crash on May 6, 2010, in which the light aircraft nose-dived to the ground while towing a campaign banner left both Adams, 46, and Mr Farage in hospital.
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