PSP Rail passenger beaten up by gang

October 5th, 2006, 18:52 Posted By: wraggster

DETECTIVES are hunting a gang of youths suspected of robbing an office worker on a train and leaving him unconscious on the platform.

The teenagers were captured on camera entering Finsbury Park railway station at around 11am on Sunday, September 10.

Police believe that soon afterwards they got on an overland train heading north towards Hornsey, and beat up a man who was sitting alone having boarded at King's Cross.

The 22-year administrative assistant, who is originally from Hong Kong, was playing his PlayStation Portable when he was surrounded by a group of four or five youths.

One of them snatched the games machine from his hand, but when he tried to get it back the whole gang jumped in and began punching him in the face and body.

The train pulled into Hornsey station and the youths got off, but the victim bravely followed and grabbed hold of one of them.

He was then set upon again, punched repeatedly in the head and knocked unconscious. The gang fled leaving the man laid out on the platform, before other passengers came to his aid.

He was taken to hospital for treatment but released later that day.

Detective Sergeant Alan Bardsley, of the British Transport Police, said: "This was a vicious gang attack on a lone traveller.

"The intention was to steal his property and they were quite prepared to use violence to obtain it.

"The victim was quite badly beaten up and we're very keen to catch the people responsible to prevent them doing this to anyone else."

Lets hope someone gives the youths a kicking or more one day

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