Train pusher who tried to murder a man by pushing him onto the tracks was a sex crime migrant already facing deportation

A homeless man who tried to murder a postman by pushing him onto the tube tracks is a migrant convicted of sex crimes who was already facing deportation.

Kurdish migrant Brwa Shorsh,24,shoved stranger Tadeusz Potoczek,61,at Oxford Circus in central London on February 3.

Although he denied trying to kill him,Shorsh admitted he did it for 'revenge' thinking the postman gave him a 'dirty look' and was found guilty of attempted murder.

Shorsh accumulated convictions of assault and indecent acts since coming to the UK in 2019.

According to The Sun,the Home Office tried to deport him but he lodged an appeal with the immigration tribunal - which was ongoing at the time of the attack. 

Mr Potoczek was hurrying home via tube at Oxford Circus station when he was attacked

Asked how he felt after the stranger pushed him onto the Tube track Mr Potoczek said he was feared he would 'lose my life'.

He added: 'I recognised that stopping a train is not like stopping a bike.'

Brave commuter Oliver Matthews came to his rescue and pulled him back up to the platform.

'I feel an arm under my shoulder and I feel I am safe,' said Mr Potoczek.

He added that Shorsh told passengers on the platform to 'call the police'. He said: 'Call the police!' like he is not afraid of the police coming.'

Mr Matthews,who helped Mr Potoczek back onto the platform,said in his statement read to the court: 'I was very shocked and I rushed over to the platform.

'I took hold of [Mr Potoczek] and pulled him back onto the platform. I situated myself between them to make sure that [Shorsh] didn't try anything else.'

Train driver Bobby Walker said in his statement he thought someone was about to commit suicide. He was leaning forward onto the track.

'The male in the red jacket fell into the track but not into the deeper track area. I immediately put the train into emergency.'

'I was shaken very badly by this. If he had been on the track a few seconds later he would have been killed. Also if I had looked away for a few seconds he would have been killed.

'I am very glad I managed to stop the train.'

Shorsh will be sentenced on September 26.

The Home Office