Cyclist who head-butted rail worker because he wasn't allowed bike on train is spared jail

Attack: Essad was sentenced him to a year’s jail suspended for 18 months following the assault
Central News
By Paul Cheston29 February 2016
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A thug who head-butted a rail worker after he was told he could not travel on a train with his bicycle during peak times has been spared jail.

Mohammed Essad, 24, brutally assaulted the victim then boasted in a text message that he had “split some fat P**i’s head open”, a court was told.

He was trapped after appeals in the Standard and on BBC’s Crimewatch.

Blackfriars crown court heard Essad boarded a northbound London Overground train at Clapham Junction last May.

The employee, referred to only as Mr Khan, told him to get off the train at the next station.

Essad became aggressive and head-butted Mr Khan, causing a gash to his forehead that needed five stitches, then rode to Wandsworth Road station. CCTV images were circulated and he was caught after a tip-off.

Officers found a message bragging he “split some fat P**i’s head open for dragging my bike off the train”. He admitted assault causing actual bodily harm.

Recorder David Bedingfield sentenced him to a year’s jail suspended for 18 months after hearing he was “receiving help for anger management difficulties”.

Essad, of Ladbroke Grove, was subjected to a year-long rehabilitation order and must pay £1,436 to Mr Khan and £1,000 to the Overground.

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