Disabled protester brings mayhem to Denmark Hill

A disabled woman caused chaos at a train station when she staged a protest by dangling her legs over the edge of a platform and refusing to move. Maria Whitefield, 31, pulled herself out of her wheelchair at Denmark Hill station, causing the cancellation of 17 trains dozens more delays on 28 July last year. During the tense negotiations Whitefield assaulted PC Barry Dwyer by digging her nails into her arm. Eventually she was dragged from the platform and taken…