AN alcoholic went on a rampage assaulting train passengers before hanging onto a train delaying it for more than an hour, magistrates heard.
Rupert Tisor, of Betjeman Close, Pershore, came close to being jailed after Worcester Magistrates Court heard of the chaos he caused on January 22 this year.
Tisor had previously admitted three charges of assault by beating, common assault and obstructing an engine/carriage using the railway by an unlawful act, appearing at the court on Tuesday, (September 27) for sentencing.
Eleanor Peart, prosecuting, said the 30-year-old got on a Great Western Railway (GWR) service, heading to London, at Worcester Shrub Hill.
The prosecutor said Tisor's assaults began on the train when he punched Muhammed Zafar multiple times to the face and grabbed Joseph Newbold by the neck squeezing it.
Tisor was ejected from the train at Kingham Railway Station but continued his rampage throwing stones that hit another victim, Jordon Sparks, in the face.
Train manager Gavin Rudd also had stones thrown at him, managing to dodge them, and Tisor spat in his direction, Miss Peart said.
The prosecutor said Tisor then climbed onto the train, hanging off the windscreen wipers, banging on the windows before making a cut-throat gesture at the driver.
The court heard the train was unable to leave the station and was delayed for more than 100 minutes, inconveniencing members of the public and costing GWR more than £10,000 as the firm was fined by National Rail.
Miss Peart added an aggravating factor was Tisor's previous convictions which included assault occasioning actual bodily harm and battery,
Chris Aggrey, defending, said his client had a "long-standing" issue with alcohol which he had been working on, but after not seeing his children had a relapse that had led to the incident.
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"He expresses his remorse to all the victims involved," Mr Aggrey said.
"That wasn't his intention (to delay the train).
"Since this incident has occurred he has turned his life around."
Mr Aggrey explained Tisor, of Betjeman Close, Pershore, was now seeing his children and was attending an alcoholics anonymous meeting three times a week.
Magistrates tell Rupert Tisor who delayed train 'custody is only suitable option'
Sentencing him, Keith Lloyd-Wright, chairman of the magistrates bench, said: "This incident was so serious, custody was the only suitable option in this case."
Tisor was jailed for eight weeks, but the sentence was suspended for two years.
Tisor was ordered to complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, and a six-month alcohol treatment requirement.
The chairman added if he did not complete the requirements or committed another offence in the next two years he could expect to go to jail.
Tisor was also told to pay a total of £350 in compensation, to be paid at a rate of £40 per month.
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