Doncaster sticker seller to appear in court charged with assaulting emergency worker
A Doncaster sticker seller is due to appear in court charged with assaulting an emergency worker and unacceptable behaviour on the railway after being arrested at the city’s railway station.
Phillip Anthony Hartley, 42, has been charged under his previous name Phillip L’Estrange and is due to appear at Doncaster Magistrates Court this morning.
As well as common assault of an emergency worker, he also faces charges of unacceptable behaviour on the railway and travelling on the railway without paying fares.
Police were called to Doncaster railway station on January 12 following an incident on an LNER train.
A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: ““We received a 61016 text report of an aggressive man on-board a train at 4.05pm on 12 January.
“Officers met the train at Doncaster railway station, and a 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of public order offences.
"He was further arrested for assaulting and emergency worker and failing to appear at court before being taken to custody.”