Train driver tells of yob attack

A train driver today relived the nightmare of an attack by yobs who hurled a lump of masonry through his cab window in Kidderminster - leaving him with multiple injuries including a broken jaw.

Father-of-two Joseph Paxton was speaking for the first time about the horrific attack.

The 57-year-old said he was having nightmares and often woke up screaming in his sleep.

Mr Paxton today visited Kidderminster Station to appeal for the public to come forward with vital information about the events of the evening of December 17.

Mr Paxton was driving a freight train from from South Wales to Round Oak steel terminal at Brierley Hill when his cab window was shattered around 10.20pm.

Masonry weighing almost 50lb was hurled from the footbridge crossing the track near Kidderminster Harriers ground.

Mr Paxton said he heard a pebble being thrown at the train as he passed through Kidderminster. He went over to his window to have a look out and then saw the masonry hurtling towards him.

Mr Paxton said: "Out of the corner of my eye I saw something falling from the bridge. I saw it coming towards me. The next thing, all I could hear then was voices. It was the voice of people coming to assist me."

English Welsh and Scottish has offered a £5,000 reward and anyone with information can contact British Transport Police on freefone 0800 405040 or Crimestoppers 0800 555111.

By Sol Buckner