Two quizzed over stabbed train inspector

TWO teenagers have been arrested after a ticket inspector was stabbed in the back on board a busy train.

The 42-year-old man was attacked in front of horrified passengers as he ejected two fare-dodging yobs because they had no tickets.

A 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested yesterday evening following the attack which left the inspector with a three-inch knife wound below his shoulder blades.

The pair got on the c2c service heading to London from Southend at Pitsea, near Basildon, and fled down the tracks at East Tilbury station after the train stopped.

They were arrested in Tilbury on Friday on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm and last night were still being questioned by police in Southend.

It is thought one of the suspects is from Tilbury and the other from London. The injured ticket inspector is now recovering with his family.