Man subjected to racial abuse on train between Accrington and Nelson
7:00pm Wednesday 5th September 2012 in North West
By Emma Cruces, Reporter
A MAN who subjected a rail passenger to a torrent of racial abuse is being hunted by police.
British Transport Police are appealing for inform-ation after a 33-year-old Asian man, travelling bet-ween Accrington and Nelson, was racailly abused by another passenger.
The victim boarded the train at Accrington on Wednesday, August 29, and noticed that a man was glaring at him.
PC Tony Greenwood said: “The victim was minding his own business and had been on his mobile phone when he was approached by the man who accused him of staring.
“The victim tried to explain he hadn’t been staring, but the man became extremely abusive, making racist taunts and threatening to hurt him.”
Both the victim and the offender left the train at Nelson, though the victim stayed behind and spoke to rail staff, as he feared for his safety.
PC Greenwood said: “No-one should have to suffer the abuse and threatened violence directed at the rail passenger and we are determined to find the offender and bring him to justice.”
The man was described as white, about 5ft 11ins and aged between 20 and 25 years old. He had light brown, cropped hair, was stockily built, and was wearing a white basket-ball vest and green and blue checked three-quarter length trousers.
Anyone with any information should call British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or Crimestoppers, anony-mously, on 0800 555 111 quoting log B7/NWA of 04/09/12.
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Comments (37)
7:06pm Wed 5 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
7:41pm Wed 5 Sep 12
Sajdin says...
8:23pm Wed 5 Sep 12
DEO VOLENTE says...
Deus Vobiscum
8:28pm Wed 5 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
A complete different scenario when threatened with harm, as in the news article!
9:04pm Wed 5 Sep 12
jack daniels says...
9:34pm Wed 5 Sep 12
mys says...
9:38pm Wed 5 Sep 12
mys says...
10:18pm Wed 5 Sep 12
maccy03 says...
How many"white" people go crying racism??? i'm sick of hearing this.its just like name calling and if someone called you a **** etc then would you report that to the police?? its like play ground behavior sometimes fair enough when it becomes threats report it as a threat!! notice too how its such a crime to call a asian person but to call someone who is white is usual just dismissed why? because it's not a big deal its just some pathetic individual who doesn't matter and u get over it.
10:28pm Wed 5 Sep 12
maccy03 says...
10:34pm Wed 5 Sep 12
Chris P Bacon says...
10:45pm Wed 5 Sep 12
floydbrfc says...
4:52am Thu 6 Sep 12
ricky76 says...
4:53am Thu 6 Sep 12
ricky76 says...
7:26am Thu 6 Sep 12
ossybsting says...
7:44am Thu 6 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
When it,s a white person being racially abused" usually by gangs of pakistani asians " the police do not even bother . This is the state of today,s Britain where the white person has become a second class citizen in their own country .
My dad pointed this out to me about 30 yrs ago .He was right then and still is now, only it has got much worse and white people have lost freedom of speech due to fear of being arrested for speaking their mind.
Meanwhile immigrants can say and do as they please and use the race card at every given opportunity.
7:45am Thu 6 Sep 12
jonsta says...
9:31am Thu 6 Sep 12
shytalk says...
9:56am Thu 6 Sep 12
FairCommentLA says...
10:21am Thu 6 Sep 12
chris283 says...
1:25pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
6:47pm Thu 6 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
Then you have the ones that live in la la land and wear rose tinted glasses.
Those are the idiots that are ruining Britain.
7:03pm Thu 6 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
7:17pm Thu 6 Sep 12
mys says...
9:06pm Thu 6 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
It is richard heads like you and your ilk that think this is ok that are the true buffoons .
9:16pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
7:09am Fri 7 Sep 12
AnthonyUK says...
7:09am Fri 7 Sep 12
Truthtella says...
11:21am Fri 7 Sep 12
lwg76 says...
Equal society, plank
The abbreviation BRIT ish, BRIT ain, is acceptable and often used in the Media.
Yet the abbreviation P**I stan or P**I stani, is evil and racist even when used in exactly the same context.
11:38am Fri 7 Sep 12
Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...
2:24pm Fri 7 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
Either you are simply acting a clever p*ick or it's normal dimwit expressing his muddled up views, and if so just keep them to yourself.
9:53pm Fri 7 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
By the way i was brought up to box by a great dad that your pillock of a mate sen c ble chose to insult . He certainl;y would not have done that to my dads face as his arse would have been kicked into his head . Like i said you and your ilk are helping the mossie takeover . Dur !
Ps just like khan . Most of them have glass chins but like driving fast and crippling white guys . ******m
9:54pm Fri 7 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
1:37am Sat 8 Sep 12
Truthtella says...
, like stated in this context threatening abuse against an asian is being discussed. If it was the other way round then yes, ie an as dishing the hatee should also go express his views to a broaderaudience. What you are doing is stereotyping one community based on one boxer thats just like saying most white girls just like their two biggest idols tulisa and cheryl love a bit of black c*ck as the white men just aint getting the job done. See you shouldnt generalize, Khan may have a glass chin but he has the heart to fight on and evolve! Oh yeh and he does represent the asian community and britain proudly when he was the sole boxer representing `your' britain. Did you complain then, khan has already established his legacy by laying the foundations for more funding foramateur boxing in this country leading to great success for the team gb boxers at london 2012 you idiot.
9:00pm Sat 8 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
10:19am Sun 9 Sep 12
BritainfortheBritish says...
As i got near the taxi rank i heard a shout from behind me asking what i said . I told a large asian guy i said yeah right as they were acting daft. He then tried to insinuate i had made a racist remark .
Next thing the others drove their car at speed the wrong way down the road and 2 more asians jumped out and threatened me . I said to them "Oh it takes 3 of you does it " to which they again made out i had said something racist. It was quite obvious they just wanted to beat a white guy up. It could have been anyone.
By chance a police car pulled up and i thought they had seen what was happening but they had not. The asians couldnt get in their car fast enough but i went to the front and took their registration number and then went to the police car and told the police and gave them the reg number .
After a week i rang the police and after being transferred from one dept to another i was told the incident had not even been logged .I said to the officer " if this had been 3 white guys onto 1 asian it would have been followed through " to which he replied i cannot comment on that sir .
This seems to be the standard police response when white people are assaulted .
I will though hold my hand up on this occasion as even the asian taxi drivers said the lads were in the wrong .
Maybe i should not judge all by the actions of some but attacks on white men and women by asian lads do seem to be on the increase and yet the asian girls / women are often very nice .Maybe it,s the macho male role the lads have to adopt ????
1:36pm Sun 9 Sep 12
sen c ble says...
11:08am Mon 10 Sep 12
marcusbrfc95 says...