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http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/21...rain_conductor

CCTV images of two suspects wanted over an attack on a railway conductor near Redhill on Wednesday morning (November 30) have been released by police.

The victim, a staff member on a Southern service from London Victoria to Ore in East Sussex, was set upon after asking two men for their tickets at around 6.30am.

They had not paid and refused to leave the train when asked, then swearing at the conductor and threatening to attack him with a whiskey bottle.

One of the men tried to throw a punch at the conductor before the other poured the contents of the bottle over him.

The two men left the train at Redhill, taking the empty bottle with them.

Inspector Jack Ioannou, of the British Transport Police, said: “This pair’s behaviour towards the member of staff, who had quite rightly asked them for their tickets to travel, was completely unacceptable.

“This was a degrading assault on a man who was simply trying to do his job and we’ll do everything we can to track down the pair responsible.”

A conductor's lot is not a happy one when he has to deal with thugs .....