Detectives investigating a “horrific attack” in which a member of rail staff was squirted with a chemical substance have released CCTV footage.
The victim was on duty at the gate line of Blackfriars station in London at about 6pm on May 17 last year when four men alighted a train from Sevenoaks and barged through the barriers.
One of the men was stopped by rail staff while the others ran away, and he quickly became abusive to the victim and his colleagues.
The three men then returned to the ticket barriers and one of them pulled a Lucozade Sport bottle out of his jacket and squirted a clear liquid onto the victim’s face.
All four men then fled the station, and the victim felt immediate pain in his eyes and lost vision.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was treated for chemical burns on his face and in his eyes.
British Transport Police Detective Constable Victoria Callaghan said: “We believe the man in the CCTV footage could assist our ongoing enquiries into this horrific attack on a man simply doing his job.
“We urge anyone who recognises him to text his name to 61016, quoting the reference 529 of 17 May 2025.
Information can also be passed to us over the phone by calling 0800 40 50 40, or anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
