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A 34-year-old man has been jailed after a drunken attack which saw him spit at and racially abuse rail staff and police officers.
Following a British Transport Police investigation Mitchell Campbell, of Millfold Rise, Rotherham, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, one count of assault by beating, one racially aggravated public order offence and one count of threatening behaviour.
He was jailed for 10 months by Sheffield Magistrates on last Monday 22 July.
The court heard how (just three days earlier) on Friday 19 July, the conductor of a train from Rotherham to Sheffield was advised that a man on board the service was threatening and being abusive to other passengers.
Fearing for his own safety and that of his passengers due to Campbell’s aggressive demeanour, the conductor agreed to allow Campbell to continue his journey to Sheffield despite having no ticket.
When the train arrived at Sheffield the conductor alerted the station supervisor. Both approached Campbell who was asleep on the train. When he awoke he became aggressive, swearing and threatening to stab them.
As they escorted Campbell from the station he pushed the supervisor in the chest before spitting in his face.
Campbell was arrested but continued his behaviour in custody spitting at two officers and racially abusing another.
Supervising officer Sergeant Roy Percival said: “Violence and abuse of any kind will not be tolerated on the rail network, whether it be towards passengers, rail staff or police officers.
“No one should expect to come to work to be subject to violence or vile racial slurs and being intoxicated is absolutely no excuse for disgusting behaviour like this.
“Hopefully Campbell’s sentence will give him time to reflect on his actions and the consequences.”