UK: Ticket inspector stabbed on train

[John Ashworth]

Ticket inspector stabbed on C2C train from Southend to London

BBC 17 December 2011 Last updated at 07:51

A ticket inspector has been stabbed on a C2C train travelling from Essex into London, prompting an investigation by British Transport Police (BTP).

The attack at East Tilbury happened on the 20:20 Southend Victoria to London Fenchurch Street service on Friday.

BTP said the inspector had asked two men without tickets, aged about 18, to leave the train. They got off, but one returned and stabbed him in the back.

The inspector was said to be in a comfortable condition in hospital.

Officers are now looking through CCTV images and are appealing to any passengers on the train who witnessed anything to contact them.

One of the suspects wore a black hooded top and the second a grey flat cap and grey top.

The police force said there had been four ticket inspectors on the service at the time of the stabbing and that they worked in pairs.

[John Ashworth]

Two teenagers remanded in custody over train ticket inspector's stabbing

Victim received stitches in hospital over attack in station in Essex

Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 December 2011 19.05 GMT

Two people have been remanded in custody after a rail ticket inspector was stabbed in the back. The inspector, 42, was attacked just before 9pm last Friday after challenging two youths travelling without tickets at East Tilbury station.

Charles Culley, 19, of Tilbury, Essex, has been charged with wounding and assault. A 17-year-old, also from Tilbury, was charged with wounding, assault and possession of a bladed article.

Both teenagers entered no plea at Basildon Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. They will appear before Basildon Crown Court on 9 March.

The inspector was taken to Basildon University Hospital, where he received stitches before being discharged.