Man Found Guilty for Pushing Two Men Toward London Underground Tracks

Paul Crossley of East London was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder on October 5 for pushing two men toward the tracks of the London Underground earlier this year.

According to a press release issued by the British Transport Police as well as reports from The Telegraph and the BBC, Crossley first attempted to push 23-year-old Tobias French onto the tracks at Tottenham Court Road Station on April 27. French caught himself before falling, and this incident is visible in the latter half of the video embedded here.

Later that day, Crossley, 46, successfully pushed another man, 91-year-old Robert Malpas, onto the tracks at Marble Arch Station. Malpas, a former Eurotunnel boss who had been knighted in 1998, suffered fractures to his pelvis and a head wound after he fell onto the track. He was saved by bystander Riyad El Hussani, who jumped onto the tracks to assist him. El Hussani suffered burns to his hand from touching the electrified track.

Crossley was arrested shortly afterwards and told officers: “I didn’t get much sleep last night.” According to the BBC’s report, he had taken crack cocaine prior to the incident and apparently chose his victims randomly.

Crossley will be sentenced on November 9.

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