article_snippet.sent: A cruise ship passenger was yesterday cleared of beating up two elderly holidaymakers in a row over rudeness at the dinner table.
article_snippet.sent: Elderly couple accused Graeme Finlay of an unprovoked attack that left the grandfather with a gash to the grandfather forehead and the grandfather wife with two fractured vertebrae.
article_snippet.sent: In his evidence, the defendant recalled how his was travelling alone on the Canary Islands cruise in January last year and felt shunned when his joined two couples – including Mr and Mrs Phillips – for dinner in the restaurant.
article_snippet.sent: After looking at the menu there was an 'awkward' silence and his moved to another table with a couple his had previously met.
article_snippet.sent: Both Finlay and the elderly couple spent the evening drinking separately and enjoying the musical entertainment.
article_snippet.sent: According to Finlay Both Finlay and the elderly couple later found Both Finlay and the elderly couple in a lift together and Finlay rebuked the elderly couple for Both Finlay and the elderly couple rudeness towards Finlay at dinner.
highlights_snippet.sent: Elderly couple accused Graeme Finlay of knocking Elderly couple unconscious on boat .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Elderly couple claimed the attack on Thomson Celebration cruise ship was unprovoked .
  