northwichcat
Veteran Member
Police are hunting a gang who broke a man’s nose during a prolonged attack that began on Hale Railway Station platform and continued to Navigation Road platform in Altrincham.
The attack on the 39-year-old victim, which took place at around 10pm on Monday November 5th, began after a “verbal altercation” with a group of six young men on Hale station platform.
The group punched the victim before they boarded separate carriages of a Northern Rail service.
They then made their way through the train’s carriages to find their victim, continuing their assault by striking him to the floor.
When the victim left the train at Navigation Road, the group continued to punch and kick him to the floor before fleeing the scene.
British Transport Police now hope to speak to six young men identified in CCTV images.
Anyone who recognises the men in the pictures, or has any information about the incident, is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 154 of 07/11/18.
These are the 6 men BTP are looking for
http://altrincham.today/2018/12/17/...nose-prolonged-assault-train-hale-altrincham/
No idea why it takes so long for BTP to release images following an incident. Does it take Northern a month to check their CCTV feeds at stations or something?
One thing that isn't clear is whether the victim left the train at Navigation Road (a few minutes up the line from where he boarded) because that was where he was travelling to or in an attempt to get away from the gang. It looks like the service was being operated by a 156 and the guard rarely walks through between Hale and Navigation Road (where there's 3 stations close together) and the likelihood of them walking through on a late service is significantly lower. So was the guard oblivious to what was going on?