Mansfield boozer fought with train staff and passengers after being told to get off because he had no ticket
A train was cancelled when a Mansfield boozer fought with staff and passengers after being told to get off because he didn't have a valid ticket, a court has heard.
Daniel Brown was drinking cider with two friends on the 5.25pm Nottingham to Worksop train on April 25, and became aggressive when he was challenged by the female conductor.
Ben Payne, prosecuting, said while his friends offered to pay, Brown, aged 20, became "increasingly confrontational and dismissive".
When the train pulled into the station at Kirkby she asked them to get off.
His friends left without issue but Brown remained onboard and began shouting as other passengers urged him to leave.
The conductor put his can of cider onto the platform “to lure him off the train,” and when he tried to get back on three passengers intervened to help the conductor keep him out.
He began throwing punches and shoved the conductor into the side of the train. The driver got out of his cab to restrain him so the doors could be closed.
Brown continued to kick and strike the train doors and fought with his friends on the platform.
The train was cancelled at Mansfield Woodhouse. The conductor described being “physically shaken” and feared she could “easily have slipped onto the tracks.”
"It was clear he was prepared to fight anyone and was ready to take anyone on,” said Mr Payne.
Magistrates heard Brown has ten previous convictions for 32 offences, including nine for violence, and was last in court in October when he was fined for assaulting a police officer.
Paige Tugby, mitigating, said: “He won’t mind me saying he is a man who drinks and causes trouble.
"He needs some help and support in relation to his alcohol use. He has appeared on crutches today. He tells me he was stabbed on December 8 and can't stand for any significant period of time. He does need help and support from the probation service.”
Brown, of Crookes Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse, admitted affray and obstructing a railway carriage by an unlawful act when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on Tuesday.
The case was adjourned for a probation report until February 3.