An incident at LONDON Euston station is causing disruption to services
on Avanti West Coast and London North Western.

In message <sc6q4g$96p$1@dont-email.me>, at 13:13:03 on Thu, 8 Jul 2021,
Jack Harry Teesdale <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> remarked:

>An incident at LONDON Euston station is causing disruption to services
>on Avanti West Coast and London North Western.

Incident created
08/07/2021 07:17

Last updated
08/07/2021 12:58

The emergency services have now dealt with the incident at London
Euston, allowing lines to reopen.

And what was it?

"A railway worker has been injured in a serious assault on a train.
Police were called to #Euston this morning. One man has been
arrested"

Football supporter returning home told he needed to mask-up, or
something else? Commiserations to the Avanti staff, doing a difficult
job during the chaotic lock-down wind-down.

<Thread convergence> BTP pictured wearing masks.
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"Jack Harry Teesdale" <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:sc6q4g$96p$1@dont-email.me...
> An incident at LONDON Euston station is causing disruption to services on
> Avanti West Coast and London North Western.

I wonder if it's this one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57762716 If so, let's hope the
railway worker isn't too badly hurt, though "grievous" doesn't sound good...

On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 13:13:03 +0100, Jack Harry Teesdale
<noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>An incident at LONDON Euston station is causing disruption to services
>on Avanti West Coast and London North Western.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-57762716

A railway worker has been injured in an "appalling" assault on a train
at London Euston station.

British Transport Police (BTP) said officers were called after reports
of a serious assault at about 07:10 BST.

One person was taken to hospital for treatment although no detail was
given about their condition. A man has been arrested on suspicion of
causing grievous bodily harm, BTP said.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said it was an "appalling incident".

He added that it would "send shockwaves through the whole railway
family" and the union's thoughts were with the member, his colleagues
and his family.

"While we await the full facts, the union will be providing practical
support to our member and the workforce at Euston as the police
investigation continues," Mr Lynch said.

Some trains at London Euston were cancelled or delayed to allow
emergency services to deal with incident.

A British Transport Police spokesman said: "Specialist officers have
been deployed to the station and the incident is ongoing."

NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> "Jack Harry Teesdale" <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:sc6q4g$96p$1@dont-email.me...
>> An incident at LONDON Euston station is causing disruption to services on
>> Avanti West Coast and London North Western.
>
> I wonder if it's this one
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57762716 If so, let's hope the
> railway worker isn't too badly hurt, though "grievous" doesn't sound good...

Looking at various web descriptions of the difference between ABH and GBH,
it looks like the threshold lies somewhere between, say, light bruising and
severe bruising, or other similar levels of harm. That looks like the bar
for “grievous” would be fairly low, and if the victim is in hospital that
makes it sound like it would automatically be defined as “grievous”.

Sam

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On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 12:57:47 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson
<ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

>NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>> "Jack Harry Teesdale" <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:sc6q4g$96p$1@dont-email.me...
>>> An incident at LONDON Euston station is causing disruption to services on
>>> Avanti West Coast and London North Western.
>>
>> I wonder if it's this one
>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57762716 If so, let's hope the
>> railway worker isn't too badly hurt, though "grievous" doesn't sound good...
>
>Looking at various web descriptions of the difference between ABH and GBH,
>it looks like the threshold lies somewhere between, say, light bruising and
>severe bruising, or other similar levels of harm. That looks like the bar
>for “grievous” would be fairly low, and if the victim is in hospital that
>makes it sound like it would automatically be defined as “grievous”.
>
"The words "grievous bodily harm" bear their ordinary meaning of
"really serious" harm: DPP v Smith [1960] 3 W.L.R. 546. "

“Actual”, as defined in the authorities, means that the bodily harm
should not be as trivial or trifling as to be effectively without
significance."

[https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offences-against-person-incorporating-charging-standard]