Police hunt for man who racially abused rail worker at Glasgow Central Station

By ALASTAIR DALTON
Published on 24/10/2012 12:02

BRITISH Transport Police today condemned as “completely unacceptable” a would-be passenger who racially abused a rail worker after he tried to get through a ticket barrier with an invalid ticket.

• Police are hunting for a man believed to have racially abused a rail worker at Glasgow Central Station

• Incident ocurred 10.45pm last Friday as man attempted to bypass barrier with invalid ticket

The incident happened at Glasgow Central low level station at about 10:45pm last Friday.

Detective Constable David Merchant said: “The member of staff was manning a ticket barrier on the low level of the station when the suspect approached and tried to use an invalid ticket. When the member of staff offered assistance the other man became abusive and directed racial insults towards him.

“This was an unprovoked racial attack on a member of staff who was simply trying to do his job and extensive enquiries, including the viewing of CCTV, are ongoing.

“Behaviour such as this towards anyone is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. I would ask anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed the incident to get in touch.”

A ScotRail spokesman added: “We do not tolerate abuse of any kind and hope this appeal is successful.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police on Freefone 0800 40 50 40 quoting B8/SCA of 23/10/12, or call the independent charity, Crimestoppers, anonymously on 0800 555 111.