Ayodele Jamgbadi, Ilford, has been arrested by police and charged with assault after a station worker on the London Underground was attacked and died from serious head injuries
A station worker on the London Underground has died after suffering serious head injuries in an “unprovoked” attack.
Officers from the British Transport Police were called to Ilford station, in east London, just before 8.50pm on Wednesday following reports of a serious assault involving an Elizabeth Line worker. Paramedics and London’s Air Ambulance also rushed to the scene with the 61-year-old man taken to hospital, but he later died from the serious head injuries.
Ayodele Jamgbadi, of Kingston Road, Ilford, appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with grievous bodily harm, affray and possession of a prohibited offensive weapon in a private place and was remanded to appear at Inner London Crown Court on January 7. BTP said detectives would apply to amend the indictment to reflect the death of the victim.
Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP on 0800 405040 or text 61016 quoting incident 699 of December 4. A colleague of the victim claimed it was an unprovoked attack. He told the Metro: “I don’t know why the man attacked him, but it was unprovoked.”
A former colleague took to X and paid tribute to the man, saying he was “the most down to earth and friendly bloke you can imagine.” They added he “never got himself in bother like some staff do, was always chill and a pleasure to work with.”
The RMT union said the victim was one of its members and worked as a customer experience assistant for MTREL, which runs the Elizabeth Line.
General secretary Mick Lynch said: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our member, who died following an attack while at work. The whole union sends its condolences to their family, friends and colleagues at this awful time and everyone’s thoughts at RMT are with them.”
Maryan Eslamdoust, general secretary of Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, said she was “deeply saddened” at hearing of the man’s death. She wrote on X: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of a transport worker following a violent incident at Ilford station on 4 December. Our thoughts are with his family. This underscores the urgent need to expand BTP and make offences against transport workers a specific crime. Action is overdue.”
