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Mick Whelan asks people to come forward to capture violent criminal
Mick Whelan

ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan backed a police call today for witnesses to come forward after a Tube driver was severely assaulted on the Jubilee line.

British Transport Police (BTP) say that a man boarded a train at Kilburn station at 10.40pm on Tuesday last week.

He threatened to shoot the driver, though no firearm was seen, and hit him over the head with a bottle.

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