Woman praises train guard after racist attack [BBC News]
Date: 04/02/2017
A woman has praised a guard who came to her aid after she and her young son were racially abused on a train. Sanaa Shahid and her four-year-old son were accosted by solicitor Alexander MacKinnon as they travelled on the Glasgow-bound service from London. The Virgin Trains guard challenged MacKinnon and eventually removed him from the train. MacKinnon admitted the racially aggravated offence at Carlisle Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He was fined £1,154 and ordered to pay Mrs Shahid £50 compensation. Mrs Shahid, who is also a lawyer, said she was targeted by MacKinnon on the 14:30 train on 29 December after he took exception to her and her son's presence in first class.
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A woman praises a guard who came to her aid after she and her young son were racially abused on a train.
