‘Bag thief tried to bite my finger off’

A rail passenger who tried to bite a brave police officer’s finger off has been jailed for more than two years. Liam Byron, 23, chomped on PC James Robinson’s index finger for three minutes between Eltham and Kidbrooke station in southeast London on 2 February. The officer was on patrol when he noticed Byron drop a holdall bag stuffed with handbags stolen from a local shop. After contacting the British Transport Police, PC Robinson boarded a train at Welling keeping…