Hairdresser who defecated on train ‘had health problems’

A hairdresser claimed he may have suffered a stroke before he took off his clothes and defecated on a busy commuter train, a court heard. Malcolm Hines, 58, was on the Greater Anglia service from Southend, Essex, after visiting his 104-year-old mother when he allegedly began to undress in front of passengers. He was arrested and escorted from the train at Stratford station shortly before 6pm on 15 February. Martin Lewis, defending, told Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court: ‘It is an…