{"id":14935,"date":"2019-06-24T15:24:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=14935"},"modified":"2019-06-24T15:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:24:45","slug":"tube-pusher-paul-crossley-jailed-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/06\/24\/tube-pusher-paul-crossley-jailed-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tube pusher Paul Crossley jailed for life"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man who pushed a former Eurotunnel boss on to Tube tracks in central London has been jailed for life.<\/p>\n

Paul Crossley shoved 91-year-old Sir Robert Malpas at Marble Arch in April 2018, after earlier trying to push Tobias French at Tottenham Court Road.<\/p>\n

Crossley, 47, of Leyton, east London, was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and will serve a minimum of 12 years.<\/p>\n

A judge described him as a “grave and enduring risk to the public”.<\/p>\n

Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC told the Old Bailey that Crossley had carried out two attacks in “terrifying circumstances”.<\/p>\n

The court previously heard Crossley, who has paranoid schizophrenia, had not taken his medication on the day of the attacks and had used\u00a0\u00a3600 worth of crack cocaine<\/a>\u00a0the day before.<\/p>\n

In the first of the attacks on 27 April, Crossley tried to push Mr French on to the tracks as a train entered the station, but the professional sportsman managed to keep his balance.<\/p>\n

During the trial, Crossley said he had meant “to scare” Mr French, from Bracknell, Berkshire, who had “looked at me a bit funny”.<\/p>\n

‘Sought vulnerable victim’<\/h2>\n

Judge Hilliard said CCTV footage of the attack had been “terrifying to watch” and Crossley fled, before picking out Sir Robert due to his age.<\/p>\n

Crossley “consciously and deliberately sought out a more vulnerable victim”, according to the judge.<\/p>\n

He added: “The moment you saw Sir Robert you went for him.”<\/p>\n

After being pushed on to the tracks, Sir Robert was rescued by Riyad El Hussani, who jumped down from the platform and pulled him away from danger.<\/p>\n

Judge Hilliard said teacher Mr El Hussani acted with “great bravery and no regard at all for his safety”.<\/p>\n

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Sir Robert Malpas had been at a pensioners’ lunch before he was attacked by Crossley<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Former industrialist Sir Robert, who was knighted in 1998, spent more than a week in hospital with a fractured pelvis and a head wound.<\/p>\n

The “driving force” for the attacks was “drug abuse and its consequences” rather than paranoid schizophrenia, the judge added.<\/p>\n

Crossley will first be sent to hospital until his health improves and then to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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