Aggressive ‘train rage’ lout is jailed

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A FOOTBALL lout who abused passengers and train staff after a 24-hour drinking binge has been jailed for 20 weeks.

Daniel Long, of Andromeda Close, Blackbird Leys, Oxford, was sentenced at Reading Magistrates’ Court after previously pleading guilty to a public order offence and breach of a suspended sentence.

The 48-year-old was also banned from travelling on trains on days when there are football matches.

The court heard how Mr Long, already serving a football banning order given to him the previous December, began verbally abusing fellow train passengers around 11.10pm on Saturday, December 22, as he was returning home from watching West Ham United versus Everton in a London pub.

He then directed violence towards train staff including the manager.

British Transport Police (BTP) officers were alerted and met the service at Reading station where he was arrested.

Having breached the suspended sentence order previously placed on him, Mr Long was jailed for 20 weeks on Tuesday, February 26.

He was also given an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) and told not to travel to or through Oxford, Reading, London Paddington and London Marylebone stations on any day that West Ham United or Oxford United are playing a home or away fixture.

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Comments(11)

Andrew:Oxford says...
1:04pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Is he still welcome to travel by X90 or Tube?

saddletramp says...
1:11pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Dont understand.
How does a football banning order stop you from watching a game in a pub?
"your honour the accused has a football banning order but was seen watching Man Utd v Real Madrid in a bar in Miami"
I suppose if 2 brothers who got in a fight in George st,which had absolutely nothing to do with football,get a banning order,because 8 hours earlier they had attended a football match,then anything is possible!

saddletramp says...
1:16pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Also he was jailed on the 26th of February,that would be a week last Tuesday.
What next"Yorkshire ripper jailed"

Braganca says...
8:53am Fri 8 Mar 13

Like most stories in the OM, the information came from a press release. It took a week for British Transport Police to release the details and photograph. .

Lord Palmerstone says...
10:02am Fri 8 Mar 13

48 years old. What a sad bloke. He can look forward to a future of being in and out of hospital. His mum must feel her hours of labour were an awful waste of time.

Nadeools says...
12:57pm Fri 8 Mar 13

Lord...whatever your name is! You don't have a clue about this man, never walked an inch in his shoes so how can you ever make a comment about how his mother feels about him?? What if his mother isn't alive??? Sad man you are to comment on a person when you have absolutely no idea his situation!! Your life must be really fulfilled!!!
And further more, it makes me sick to see that the court can lock up a man for shouting on a train but a man can beat up his daughters mother in her home in front of his daughter and terrorize the both of them and he can't even get remanded until the court date!!! ABSOLUTELY NO JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY WHATSOEVER!!!

Lord Palmerstone says...
2:45pm Fri 8 Mar 13

What an exciting life you lead Nad.
"no idea his situation" isn't it that he's a drunk who kicks off? Since his mum is, you say, dead, then God rest her soul, happy that it is she shall not read about what she brought into the world.
P.S. You walk in his shoes if you want. I try to avoid that kind of thing

Nadeools says...
5:13pm Fri 8 Mar 13

His mum isn't dead, I was just stating what if she wasn't here? Instead she has to read things like this about her son when it is far from the truth and then some stuck up moron thinks its appropriate to add his comment because he has absolutely nothing better to do!!! And NO he isn't just "a drunk that kicks off". Don't judge people when you have never met them, or spoken to them! And who said anything about my life??? That's what makes me laugh about people like you, you read a little caption and think you know it all!!! Get a life, you must think your above people because you sit and comment on them, when they can't speak back to you and correct you. Sad sad sad person you are.

Andrew:Oxford says...
9:00pm Fri 8 Mar 13

Nadeools wrote:
His mum isn't dead, I was just stating what if she wasn't here? Instead she has to read things like this about her son when it is far from the truth and then some stuck up moron thinks its appropriate to add his comment because he has absolutely nothing better to do!!! And NO he isn't just "a drunk that kicks off". Don't judge people when you have never met them, or spoken to them! And who said anything about my life??? That's what makes me laugh about people like you, you read a little caption and think you know it all!!! Get a life, you must think your above people because you sit and comment on them, when they can't speak back to you and correct you. Sad sad sad person you are.
Then why did you suggest that she was?

The friends of the poor woman must have had quite a shock at your promulgation.

Nadeools says...
9:54pm Fri 8 Mar 13

Andrew:Oxford wrote:
Nadeools wrote:
His mum isn't dead, I was just stating what if she wasn't here? Instead she has to read things like this about her son when it is far from the truth and then some stuck up moron thinks its appropriate to add his comment because he has absolutely nothing better to do!!! And NO he isn't just "a drunk that kicks off". Don't judge people when you have never met them, or spoken to them! And who said anything about my life??? That's what makes me laugh about people like you, you read a little caption and think you know it all!!! Get a life, you must think your above people because you sit and comment on them, when they can't speak back to you and correct you. Sad sad sad person you are.
Then why did you suggest that she was?

The friends of the poor woman must have had quite a shock at your promulgation.
I was clearly stating you do not know the man!!! So how can you comment on his mother of how she would feel about him!!! As it happens I've known him my whole life so what you say about him will not change the opinions of people who know him! Like I said, get a life and stop putting people down when you have NO idea about them.

Marco00 says...
10:39am Wed 27 Mar 13

Nad
All I can say is that if you are this man's 'friend' and your joint attitudes are of a similar ilk, then I am not surprised at his behaviour. I suppose you might be next to join him inside or subject to ASBO if you carry on like this.

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