Brwa Shorsh, 24, found guilty of attempted murder after postman pushed into path of oncoming train at Oxford Circus station
A homeless man who pushed a stranger on to the tracks of the tube has been jailed for life with a minimum term of eight years.crown court after being found guilty of attempted murder, in an attack a judge said would “strike fear into every traveller on the Underground”.
Shorsh left before the police arrived and was arrested after being found on a bench at Warren Street station at about 10pm later that day. Addressing Shorsh, the judge said: “It is no exaggeration to say that this was an extremely dangerous criminal act that would strike fear into every traveller on the Underground. It follows a pattern of previous violent acts towards anyone who challenged you.”
Within months of his arrival in the UK, Shorsh committed a racially aggravated offence of common assault and received a prison sentence of 12 weeks, Kelleher said. Before jailing him for life with a minimum term of eight years and 49 days, the judge said Shorsh posed a “high risk of serious physical harm to members of the public”.
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