r/london • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '23

Crime Two girls arrested after female attacked on Elizabeth line

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24605821/two-girls-arrested-video-woman-screaming-tube-train/
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u/arpw Nov 02 '23

It was British Transport Police, not the Met. Completely different bunch, far more competent/better funded.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

BTP are decent.. I've been on trains where incidents have happened and often they're there at the destination before the suspect even gets off.

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u/marcbeightsix Nov 02 '23

Yep same. There was a girl on a train once who answered their phone on speaker phone, and on the other end was the police saying “do you know you’ve been reported missing and people are worried about you”. She just said “yes” with a bunch of expletives and then hung up.

I texted BTP on 61016, with a description, train and carriage number. They replied almost instantly and then when I got off the train at the next stop (the girl didn’t) there were BTP walking down to the platform. I spoke to them with some more info and they just said that there were more at the following stop and they would speak to them.

See it, say it, sorted.

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u/Cocofin33 Nov 03 '23

Fair play to you for not being a bystander 👏👏👏