Hunt for Nailsea train guard attackers

Three people are being hunted by police in connection with an assault on a train guard at Nailsea and Backwell railway station.

British Transport Police are appealing for the public's help to identify the trio who they believe were involved in an incident at about 11am on October 9.

A female train guard was verbally abused and spat at by one of the two youths after she asked them to leave the train because they did not have tickets and were unwilling to pay the fare.

The youths, who were accompanied by a young woman who was in possession of a child's ticket, had got on the train at Parson Street station in Bristol.

As soon as they boarded the train they went into a toilet and were uncooperative when asked by the guard to produce a ticket or pay their fare.

As they got off the train at Nailsea and Backwell station, one of the men spat in the train guard's face. The two males are described as white, in their mid to late teens and were both wearing grey hooded tops.

The female teenager was white, about 16 years old with blonde hair.

She was wearing a short, brown leather jacket and had a brown Staffordshire terrier dog with her. Anyone who recognises those captured on CCTV is asked to contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40.