(My bold)From what I saw, the other member of staff attempted to grab him, the vile piece of excrement got free and then the other staff member went to check on his colleague. If the member of staff had struggled with the excrement resulting in injuries to the child it wouldn't have looked good on the staff member. I find it puzzling that a serious assault occurs yet you seem concerned with what an innocent railway staff member did in the aftermath.
He did the right thing given the circumstances.
As for the incident, normally I like to be reasonable and adopt the 'there's two sides to every story' type of attitude. But in this case, there is no excuse for this behaviour and I sincerely hope he is caught and severely punished for his disgusting actions that there is never an excuse for.
Apologies. I didn't see the other member of staff attempting to grab him. I saw it as him trying to push him away, because he was so annoyed and wanted to get to the assaulted staff member to check she was alright.
I believe I did share my opinions on the assault. I spent more time in my post being angry at the man than being "concerned" for the other member of staff.
It was merely a case of me assuming he was doing something else.
When he is eventually caught, I hope that he is punished for both assaulting the member of staff, causing disorder, and all of the other things which he did.
What a horrible, horrible piece of scum who, as I said earlier, doesn't deserve the right to travel on our railways or be treated with any sort of respect. He can't show respect to others - why should we show respect to him?
-Peter