Adeyemi Adekeye, 27 , Nigerian man has been sentenced to
five years for stabbing a passenger with a pair of scissors at Finsbury Park
Tube Station, UK. Adekeye was found
guilty of grievous bodily harm at Blackfriars Crown Court on January 28 and was
sentenced to five years in prison on March 4, 2016.
Adekeye attacked the victim on the Victoria line platform
at Finsbury Park Tube station at about 1.30pm on August 11 2015. The victim
thought he had been punched and managed to get onto a train and away from Adekeye.
But once on the train, he realised he had been injured and was bleeding.
Adekeye then boarded a Piccadilly line train to Heathrow
Airport and was arrested by officers at the airport’s bus station. Detective
constable Steve McBride, from British Transport Police, said:
"This was a random attack on a man who was going
about his day. Everyone has the right to travel on the rail network without
fear or intimidation. I hope that the sentence handed to Adekeye will allow him
to reflect on his actions on that day."
Steve Burton, Transport for London’s director of
enforcement and on-street operations, describes the unprovoked attack as
"callous".
"Thanks to the
victims report and the immediate investigation carried out by the British
Transport Police this offender was arrested and subsequently jailed. We are
committed to ensuring our customers travel freely across our network in
confidence and will continue to work with our police partners to crackdown on
any incidents of crime, pushing for the toughest penalties for those
caught." he said.
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