Man strangled railway worker after ticket dispute

Mohamed Kadir, 29, attacked a rail worker at Derby station

A man who strangled and assaulted a member of railway staff over a ticket dispute has been jailed.

British Transport Police (BTP) said Mohamed Kadir attacked the rail worker following a dispute at Derby station on 22 May.

The force said the 29-year-old was challenged by a ticket officer while sitting in first class on a train headed to Birmingham.

Kadir, of no fixed abode, was jailed for 16 months at Derby Crown Court after being found guilty of non-fatal strangulation.

Detectives from BTP said Kadir refused to leave the train after an officer found he did not have a ticket.

The member of staff returned with a colleague, but the offender became aggressive before leaving the train after he was told the police had been called.

Kadir was kept at the station by a group of staff and grabbed one of them by the neck and began to strangle him before swearing and screaming at another.

Investigating officer PC Simon Cantrill said: "Kadir acted with extreme and unacceptable aggression, violently assaulting a member of rail staff who was only trying to do their job.

"There is absolutely no place for violence on the railway network, especially towards members of railway staff simply trying to do their job."