Homeless man jailed for life for pushing stranger onto Tube tracks at random

Oct 10, 2024 14:10

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A man has been jailed for life after pushing a complete stranger onto the live tracks of the London Underground.

Brwa Shorsh went up to the victim at Oxford Circus tube station in February and shoved him into the path of a Victoria line train.

The victim, aged 60, had simply walked past Shorsh while on his way home from work and did not interact with him in any way.

Shorsh, 24, then leapt up and shoved his victim off the platform and onto the live tracks with no explanation or provocation.

The victim thankfully managed to stay on his feet and luckily didn’t land on the electrified rail.

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He was helped back up onto the platform by another passerby, who was awarded £1,000 by the judge for his bravery and quick reaction.

The Victoria line train driver had also applied the emergency brake, but he was only seconds away from hitting the victim.

Shorsh had already run away by the time they got to the Tube station, but he was arrested later that day.

When interviewed, he admitted he’d pushed his victim because he says he had ‘given him a dirty look’ which ‘made him angry’.

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Shorsh has now been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of eight years after previously being found guilty of attempted murder.

He claimed he didn’t know a train was coming, but in July a jury took just over half an hour to find him guilty.

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Homeless man jailed for life for pushing stranger onto Tube tracks at random