Police appeal for witnesses after alleged racist abuse on train
BRITISH Transport Police officers are appealing for passengers who may have witnessed alleged racist abuse.
People who travelled on board the 17.44 Sheffield to Norwich service on Saturday, March 2 are being asked to contact the officers.
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Sergeant Sue Jacks said: “A man on board the service tweeted us about an alleged incident that was taking place involving a group of approximately ten people, nine men and one female.
“It is alleged that the group racially abused passengers and staff on board the train.”
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After obtaining further details from the witness, officers met the train at Nottingham railway station. A number of the group were removed from the train, spoken to and their details taken.
PC Jacks added: “I would like to appeal to anyone who may have been travelling on this service to contact us ,you may be able to provide us with vital information which can assist us in this investigation.
“The British Transport Police takes reports of incidents of this nature very seriously - no-one should have to suffer this type of abuse on a train."
If you have any information about the incident please contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. In all calls, quote background log 465 of 02/03/2012.
5 Comments
by SteveBasford
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 7:23AM
“Yes, at Nottingham. The point I was making was my incident occurred outside of Luton, and not 1 was available between there & Luton, hardly comforting.
On the matter of the regular police, the conducter didn't think it was necessary 'due to lack of violence".She instead just took our contact details.
A truly bizarre situation.....”
by rabbita78
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 4:08AM
“Every White country on the planet is forced to become multicultural and multiracial.
EVERY white country is told to end its own race and culture.
No one asks that of ANY non-White country. Immigration and forced-assimilation is for ALL & ONLY White countries.
Anti-Whites call themselves "anti-racist", but their words & actions lead to the genocide of only one group: White people.
The true goal of anti-racism is to genocide my people.
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.”
by J_Orange
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 12:29AM
“SteveBasford - But as the story details "officers met the train at Nottingham railway station", so there clearly were some around. And ordinary, non-transport police aren't barred from entering carriages anyway.
There were certainly Transport Police to hand when I became trapped on a train leaving Nottingham (isn't it called Midland Station anymore?) station last year due to the clock on the platform being inaccurate and the doors locking (yes, I know they close 30-40 seconds prior to departure) early (according to the platform clock) and my having to hang out of a sliding window between carriages (fortunately it was an older train) and demand to be let off. I was politely questioned for delaying the train after being threatened with a fine of, if I recall correctly, around £200 for what was basically their error.
Who funds the BTP? Do the private contractors all chip in? If not, they should. And they should be liable if staffing levels result in insufficient available officers. It seems they're quick enough to take government subsidies and hike prices, but slow to take responsibility for public order.”
by SteveBasford
Monday, March 04 2013, 10:27PM
“@J_Orange. I was recently on a train from london to Nottingham when a similar event occured. When speaking with the conductor, who made some calls, the reply was simple - BTP are few and far between. There was not 1 person available between Luton and Nottingham on this journey.”
by J_Orange
Monday, March 04 2013, 9:38PM
“Why didn't the anyway board the train at the time and question witnesses or at least get their details at the time, when the train was stopped in Nottingham? The train could've carried on its journey and the officers returned to Nottingham on the next available train back.”