Tube sex attacker guilty of attempted rape on late night London Underground train

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-17 · by Matt Watts
Content note This article describes sexual violence.

Quick Summary

A man identified as Saxon was found guilty of attempting to rape a woman on a late-night London Underground train after dragging her to the floor of the carriage. Following the incident, police officers quickly responded and arrested him at the scene. The judge remanded Saxon in custody pending further psychiatric and probation reports before sentencing him on October 30.
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Story summary

On a late-night London Underground train, a man attempted to rape a woman by dragging her to the floor of a carriage. The attacker was identified as Saxon, who has no fixed address. Police intervened and arrested him at the scene. Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Saxon would be remanded in custody until his sentencing hearing on October 30. Additional information for psychiatric and probation reports was also ordered by the court.

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Who wrote this

Matt Watts
15 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Saxon, of no fixed address, he would be remanded in custody and sentenced at the same court on October 30.
🔮 “There may still be people who have information about Joanne’s disappearance, her movements before she went missing, or how she came to be in Feltham.
🔮 “At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious. “A file will be prepared for the coroner in due course.
🔮 His arrest was part of the investigation into a notorious incident on May 5, 2017 when a jogger shoved a female pedestrian into the path of a double-decker bus on Putney Bridge.
🔮 During an off-duty drink in November 2024 he made comments that trivialised the use of force, suggested that he would enjoy using force on members of the public and that he “hated” homeless people.
🔮 A driver called police “shocked” by what he saw and another said she had “genuine concerns the driver might kill someone” by the way he was driving. Police body worn footage of Sterling’s arrest at 9.15am shows him in the car with two canisters on his lap as the officer tells him: “You can put that down.” The 31-year-old pleaded guilty at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to driving a Lamborghini Urus dangerously on the M25, the M3, the A327 and Minley Road before he crashed on the morning of May 28.
🔮 The ID will be available through third-party apps such as Yoti, which is already used as proof of age in some situations, such as for young people to buy age-restricted cinema tickets.
🔮 Liam and Noel Gallagher teased the major tour announcement last week, using a huge drone display that lit up Manchester’s Etihad Stadium to reveal that information would drop on Monday, September 14 at 4pm BST.
🔮 “The man may well face justice in the US but he should be before the courts here.”
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Subjects

Saxon NORP · 2× Vanessa Baraitser PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Saxon, of no fixed address, he would be remanded in custody and sentenced at the same court on October 30.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-17
🔮 Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Saxon, of no fixed address, he would be remanded in custody and sentenced at the same court on October 30.
2026-09-17 · Evening Standard
Tube sex attacker guilty of attempted rape on late night London Underground train · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 0 hedged)

He then dragged her to the floor and trying to rape her in the carriage, officers said. asserted
officers → drag → carriage
Officers raced to the location and Saxon was arrested. asserted
Saxon → race → location
He was taken into custody and later charged. asserted
He → take → custody
Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Saxon, of no fixed address, he would be remanded in custody and sentenced at the same court on October 30. asserted
he → tell → October
Additional information for psychiatric and probation reports were also ordered. asserted
information → order → reports
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