A sexual predator who subjected a teenage girl to an “abhorrent” rape at Liverpool Lime Street railway station in February has been jaile…

William John Ormandy, 31, and of Derby Court, Church Road, Merseyside, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link on Friday 18 March where he pleaded guilty to rape. This afternoon, a judge sentenced him to 12 years and three months imprisonment. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. On […]
A sexual predator who subjected a teenage girl to an “abhorrent” rape at Liverpool Lime Street railway station in February has been jailed for 12 years and three months following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation

William John Ormandy, 31, and of Derby Court, Church Road, Merseyside, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link on Friday 18 March where he pleaded guilty to rape. This afternoon, a judge sentenced him to 12 years and three months imprisonment. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. On […]
Officers investigating a violent robbery at East Acton Underground station have released fresh images of two suspects

[block_2] At 15.30 on Wednesday 9 February, a group including a man and a woman with two prams and young children were causing a disturbance on a westbound Central Line service.
Officers investigating a violent robbery at East Acton Underground station have released fresh images of two suspects – (ID 524166)

At 15.30 on Wednesday 9 February, a group including a man and a woman with two prams and young children were causing a disturbance on a westbound Central Line service. As the train reached East Acton station, the man from the group grabbed the bag of another female passenger. She tried to get her […]
Officers investigating a violent robbery at East Acton Underground station have released fresh images of two suspects

[block_2] At 15.30 on Wednesday 9 February, a group including a man and a woman with two prams and young children were causing a disturbance on a westbound Central Line service.
Officers investigating an incident in which a man masturbated next to a woman on a Subway service between St Enoch and St George’s Cross …

On the 11.42am service on Thursday 14 April, a man stood next to a woman on the train and proceeded to expose himself and masturbate in front of her. He then alighted the train at St George’s Cross. The man is described as white, in his late 20’s, around 5ft 11, and of skinny […]
Officers investigating an incident in which a man masturbated next to a woman on a Subway service between St Enoch and St George’s Cross station are appealing for further information.

On the 11.42am service on Thursday 14 April, a man stood next to a woman on the train and proceeded to expose himself and masturbate in front of her. He then alighted the train at St George’s Cross. The man is described as white, in his late 20’s, around 5ft 11, and of skinny […]
Officers investigating an incident in which a man masturbated next to a woman on a Subway service between St Enoch and St George’s Cross station are appealing for further information.

On the 11.42am service on Thursday 14 April, a man stood next to a woman on the train and proceeded to expose himself and masturbate in front of her. He then alighted the train at St George’s Cross. The man is described as white, in his late 20’s, around 5ft 11, and of skinny […]
A Sussex drug supplier who was stopped at busy rail station has been jailed

A drug dealer using the railway to supply heroin and cocaine for the ‘Levi’ county line has been jailed for 45 months following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation. He was stopped by officers from BTP’s County Lines Taskforce at London Waterloo station in December 2021. Robert Conna Crozier, 24, and of Aintree Road, Crawley, […]
A Sussex drug supplier who was stopped at busy rail station has been jailed

A drug dealer using the railway to supply heroin and cocaine for the ‘Levi’ county line has been jailed for 45 months following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation. [block_2] He was stopped by officers from BTP’s County Lines Taskforce at London Waterloo station in December 2021.
A woman who subjected passengers and a train manager to an unprovoked tirade of abuse has been jailed for over six months, following a Br…

Trisha Clifton, 49, and of Firlands, Weybridge, pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated behaviour contrary to section 31(1)(c) and (5) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and being in breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order. On Monday 4 April at Reading Magistrates’ Court, the judge sentenced her to 26 weeks in prison. The court […]
A woman who subjected passengers and a train manager to an unprovoked tirade of abuse has been jailed for over six months, following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation

[block_2] Trisha Clifton, 49, and of Firlands, Weybridge, pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated behaviour contrary to section 31(1)(c) and (5) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and being in breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order.
A man who subjected a bystander to an unprovoked tirade of racial abuse outside Glasgow Central railway station has been jailed for seven…

Stephen Barrett, 28, and of Dunblane Street, Glasgow, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he pleaded guilty to racially aggravated behaviour contrary to Section 50 (A) (1) (B) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Scotland Act 1995. On Thursday 31 March, a judge sentenced him to seven months’ imprisonment. A court heard how on the […]
A man who subjected a bystander to an unprovoked tirade of racial abuse outside Glasgow Central railway station has been jailed for seven months

[block_2] Stephen Barrett, 28, and of Dunblane Street, Glasgow, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he pleaded guilty to racially aggravated behaviour contrary to Section 50 (A) (1) (B) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Scotland Act 1995.
Urgent appeal to track down Stephen Robert Howard from Whitby

Police have issued an urgent appeal to locate a wanted Whitby man following a ‘County Lines’ drugs operation in which Class A drugs and a sawn-off shotgun were recovered from a property in the town. Stephen Robert Howard, 31, is believed to have fled the town after the intensive police operation last week that […]
During a train incident on 4 February in Clifton, Greater Manchester, a brick was thrown at the window of Ian Birch’s cab, leaving him with a bloody face

Train driver Mr Birch has appealed for more information to assist in finding his attackers. No one has been arrested yet despite police appeals. The Northern Railway driver said: “I could have been blinded or even killed.” Thankfully, Mr Birch was able to stop the train safely and thanked a doctor aboard for providing […]
During a train incident on 4 February in Clifton, Greater Manchester, a brick was thrown at the window of Ian Birch’s cab, leaving him wi…

Train driver Mr Birch has appealed for more information to assist in finding his attackers. No one has been arrested yet despite police appeals. The Northern Railway driver said: “I could have been blinded or even killed.” Thankfully, Mr Birch was able to stop the train safely and thanked a doctor aboard for providing […]
Parents are being urged to teach their children about the dangers of the railway, after a number of incidents on the tracks

1669 trespass incidents were recorded in Scotland in 2021/2022 compared with 1633 in the year 2020/2021. In addition to this, British Transport Police (BTP) has also dealt with 703 incidents of vandalism compared with 661 incidents during the same period. Vandalism includes stone throwing, damage to shelters, fire extinguishers being let off and graffiti. […]