{"id":637729,"date":"2025-12-17T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/637729\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:24:24","slug":"london-train-passenger-sexually-harassed-and-threatened-to-punch-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/637729\/","title":{"rendered":"London train passenger &#8216;sexually harassed and threatened to punch&#8217; woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another person aboard the service was forced to step in<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_denmark-hill-edge.jpg\" alt=\"london train cctv appeal man\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Do you recognise this man?(Image: BTP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police have released an image of a man they want to speak after a female passenger was sexually harassed aboard a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/national-rail\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">London train<\/a>. The woman was travelling between <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/news\/transport\/christmas-closures-major-london-train-32931351\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Victoria<\/a> and Denmark Hill at around 8.30pm on December 3 when she was approached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Taking a seat beside her, a man threatened to punch her whilst subjecting her to sexual harassment. He then purposefully blocked her exit as she attempted to get away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The ordeal only ended when another passenger stepped in, forcing the man to stop. The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/all-about\/british-transport-police\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">British Transport Police<\/a> (BTP) has now launched an appeal to identify a person of interest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765959864_219_1_denmark-hill-edge.jpg\" alt=\"london train cctv appeal man\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Police need to speak to him urgently(Image: BTP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A statement reads: &#8220;Officers believe the man in the CCTV image may have information that could help with their investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The photo shows a man in his late-20s to 30s, of slim build, with short dark hair and a moustache. He is wearing a black hoodie and appears to be carrying a yellow JD Sports drawstring bag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone who recognises them is urged to contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 778 of 3 December. Anonymous reports can be made to Crimestoppers via 0800 555 111 or the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">charity&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Sign up to our London Court &amp; Crime newsletter for the latest major court updates and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b283302c-d3bb-4a31-b824-59e4fa95866b&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Sign up HERELink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Sign up HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another person aboard the service was forced to step inDo you recognise this man?(Image: BTP) Police have released&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,1221,188,393,4884,257,196571,25828,1263,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-637729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-british-transport-police","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-london-victoria-station","15":"tag-southwark","16":"tag-transport","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115733954005777412","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}