A Romford man who viciously assaulted a Tube passenger in the early hours of New Year's Day has been jailed, following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation.
Joseph Gulleferm, 23, of Heaton Road, was jailed for 12 months at Blackfriars Crown Court on Friday, May 10, after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to causing actual bodily harm.
Gullefer committed the offence at around 3.30am on January 1, onboard a Northern line train travelling between Waterloo London Underground station and Embankment.
The 27-year-old victim boarded the train with his girlfriend at Waterloo station while Gullefer was already onboard walking through the carriages.
Gullefer started to walk down the couple's carriage and stepped on the victim's foot.
When the victim said "excuse me please", Gullefer punched the man in the face knocking him to the ground.
The victim's girlfriend screamed at Gullefer to stop and said "you're killing him", but Gullefer continued to kick and punch the victim in the face and upper body.
When the train arrived at Embankment station all three got off the train and Gullefer was arrested.
The victim suffered concussion, cuts to his face and bruising to his face and body.
Speaking after the sentencing, investigating officer Detective Constable Olric Thomas, said: "This was a vicious assault that left the victim needing hospital treatment for numerous cuts to his face.
"Joseph Gullefer had drunk a large amount of alcohol on New Year's Eve and was clearly intent on causing trouble.
"Incidents such as this are thankfully very rare on the London Underground network and the chances of becoming a victim are very slim, but when they do happen, BTP takes them very seriously and will do everything in our power to bring offenders to justice."
