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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Pregnant woman 'threatened on Tube by racist group who tried to trip her up and blew smoke in her face'

A pregnant woman was abused on the London Underground by a group of yobs who blew smoke in the face before threatening her and trying to trip her up.

Police have issued an appeal for anyone with information about the assault to come forward.

The same group of three is said to have also abused other Tube passengers - threatening, punching and spitting at them - during a spate of public order offences on the Jubilee Line.

A pregnant woman was on board the service at roughly 4.30pm on December 2, when two of the trio began blowing vape smoke in her face.

"After she requested they stop, they threatened her and her baby," said a British Transport Police (BTP) spokesperson.

"As the pregnant woman went to leave, they attempted to trip her up."

The group then began making racist comments towards a woman, believed to be Asian, and threatened to steal her shopping.

They then made derogatory comments towards another passenger, and made threatening gestures to her friend.

As they got off the service at St John’s Wood station, one of the three punched the friend in the head.

Later, around 4.45pm, another victim was on a Jubilee Line service heading to Dollis Hill Station when they were approached by three people - believed to be the same people.

One of the group grabbed the victim’s phone and claimed it was now theirs.

They continued to harass the victim and tried to block her in to prevent her from leaving the train.

She managed to get away and call 999. The three suspects then got off the train, one of them spitting on the victim’s face as they exited.

They reportedly left the service at Neasden, north-west London, at 4.51pm.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact BTP by calling 0800 40 50 40 or texting 61016, with reference 2300145379.

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