The homeless man accused of pushing a Tube passenger on to the tracks has told a court what he did was 'scary' but it was not intended to kill. Kurdish migrant Brwa Shorsh allegedly shoved stranger Tadeusz Potoczek at Oxford Circus station.
Violent crimes on the London Underground have been increasing steadily since Sadiq Khan became Mayor in 2016, with 2023 being the worst year ever on record.
March 2023 was the worst month on record with a crime rate of 24.9. This is excluding data complied around Covid which is skewed as ridership plummeted during this time due to government restrictions being in place. Mr Airlie had been caring for his elderly father, who is now in the hospital in a state of shock following the news of his death
'We called him Little Ian, his dad was big Ian. They lived together as Ian was caring for his dad. His dad can now not face going back to the house. In the footage published on X the man can be heard shouting as he moves up and down the platform, trying to avoid two men trying to grab himAnother shocking incident in February 2024 took place when homeless Brwa Shorsh, 24, pushed an innocent stranger, Tadeusz Potoczek, onto the tracks at Oxford Circus underground station just seconds before the train pulled in.
The driver had put on the emergency brake and his train was just four seconds away from hitting the victim. In August 2023 a drunk tube passenger tried to throw a woman onto the train tracks, he was later jailed for ten years. 'She was then picked up by someone, her feet left the floor and she was swung to the left, she thought in an attempt to put her on the track or in front of the train which was pulling into the station.'
As an eyewitness films the vicious stabbing, the attacker can be seen making several attempts to swipe at someone laying on the ground. Shocking footage shows the menace battering unsuspecting victims in the face, in sick videos reminiscent of the pranks by teenage tearaway, Mizzy. In December 2022 a woman launched a racist tirade at a passenger on the Jubilee line - before blaming a 'spiked drink' for her behaviour.
The defence is met with hostility, as Wilding yells at them: 'Get your f***ing hands off of me. She's a f***ing n****'. Wilding said to the Black woman 'Where the f**k you come from?' and 'Go back to Africa, you don't belong here'.
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