Commuter ‘punched and racially abused Tube worker’

An ‘angry’ commuter punched a Tube worker in the face and told him to ‘go back to his country’ after he was denied entry to a station, a court heard. Terence Friend, 66, was on his way home but saw TfL staff locking the entrance gate at Victoria station on 25 February this year. Friend became ‘agitated’ and asked employees about the station closure, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. He allegedly threw a punch at Adam Yzeria when the TfL stopped…