Witness plea after train guard assaulted and abused

Three teenagers boarded a train at Chapeltown without tickets on Wednesday, March 9.

When the guard asked the group to show their tickets, they racially abused him.

Then as the train arrived into Meadowhall at around 9.45pm, they attacked him.

PC Mark Mason, of the British Transport Police, said: “The three youths boarded a train at Chapeltown to Meadowhall without tickets. When challenged by the train guard during a routine ticket check they subjected him to racist abuse.

“When the train arrived into Meadowhall the three teenagers then attacked the guard, throwing punches and hitting him on the neck.

“This was a frightening experience for the train guard who was left shaken by the actions of this group.

“The victim was simply doing his job and to be subjected to this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable. No one should be made to feel fearful for their safety on the rail network.

“Please help us identify these young men.”

The first youth was described as short, aged around 15, of medium build with brown hair. He was wearing a brown jacket, a woolly hat, and a brown cross body bag.

The second was described as around 16-years-old, with curly brown hair, a chubby build, approximately six feet tall and was wearing a black or dark blue hoody, blue jeans and white trainers.

The third youth was said to be around 16 years old, around six feet one inches in height, with brown hair and of a skinny build. He was wearing a hooded top with a black jacket over the top, black rimmed spectacles and blue jeans.

Anyone with any information should call British Transport Police on 

 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016, quoting reference 154 of April 21.

Information can also be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.