Lee Ryan, a member of the band Blue, is reportedly preparing to ask the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for racially aggravated assault. The case matters because it concerns a challenge to a criminal conviction arising from remarks made to a black British Airways attendant.

The report says Ryan told the attendant that he “wanted her chocolate babies”, comments that formed part of the incident behind the conviction. No further legal arguments, dates, sentence details or timetable for the proposed Supreme Court challenge are provided in the supplied article text.