Teen Kicked Woman Unconscious At Chelmsford Train Station

A teenage thug, who kicked a female train passenger unconscious by the station's ticket barriers, has been locked-up for three years.

Levis Lewis, 19, dragged the 49 year-old victim across the concourse of Chelmsford railway station, returning to kick her repeatedly again as she lay out cold.

PC Michael Weller, of British Transport Police (BTP), said afterwards: “Lewis launched a vicious and unprovoked attack on a woman, for which he deserves to spend his next years behind bars.”

Lewis, of Brassie Wood, Chelmsford pleaded guilty to one count of attempted grievous bodily harm.

Chelmsford Crown Court heard it was 11.30pm on October 14, last year when the victim entered the Essex rail station and began speaking to two people on the stairwell, one of whom was Lewis.

After a few minutes, he grabbed her arm, dragged her across the concourse floor and left her lying between the ticker barriers.

Lewis then walked away from the victim, but returned moments later and repeatedly kicked her in the head, causing her to fall unconscious.

He paused his attack temporarily to pick up some belongings that fell from his pockets, then kicked her in the head a further three times and left the station.

Members of the public discovered the victim and called an ambulance. 

She was taken to hospital for treatment to head and face wounds she sustained during the attack.

An investigation was launched by BTP officers to trace Lewis and following a public appeal which included CCTV images of him, he was identified and arrested in January.