| Victims 'devastated' by train CCTV failures as offenders go untraced Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 09:44, 24th February 2026 |     |
From the BBC:
Victims 'devastated' by train CCTV failures that allow sex offenders to go untraced
Beth Wright says she was profoundly affected by being the victim of sexual harassment on a train
Sex offenders on trains are escaping justice because of serious issues with CCTV on the rail network, a BBC investigation has revealed.
One woman who was sexually assaulted on a train told us she was "devastated" to be told that police could not trace her attacker because the incident was not captured on camera.
In hundreds of cases of alleged sexual harassment or assault, British Transport (BTP) officers in England, Scotland and Wales say they struggled to gather evidence from CCTV footage collected from trains and stations.
The Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, says the industry takes sexual harassment and assault cases "very seriously".
File on 4 Investigates has also been told that BTP has no control over the maintenance of CCTV cameras on the rail and London Underground networks, and that there is no legal obligation on rail operators to have working CCTV cameras on passenger trains.
We shared our findings with Claire Waxman, the Victims Commissioner for England and Wales, who is now calling for operational CCTV to be mandatory for train companies.
"I don't see how else we will keep people safe in those spaces and on public transport," she says.
(BBC article continues)
Beth Wright says she was profoundly affected by being the victim of sexual harassment on a train
Sex offenders on trains are escaping justice because of serious issues with CCTV on the rail network, a BBC investigation has revealed.
One woman who was sexually assaulted on a train told us she was "devastated" to be told that police could not trace her attacker because the incident was not captured on camera.
In hundreds of cases of alleged sexual harassment or assault, British Transport (BTP) officers in England, Scotland and Wales say they struggled to gather evidence from CCTV footage collected from trains and stations.
The Rail Delivery Group, which represents train companies, says the industry takes sexual harassment and assault cases "very seriously".
File on 4 Investigates has also been told that BTP has no control over the maintenance of CCTV cameras on the rail and London Underground networks, and that there is no legal obligation on rail operators to have working CCTV cameras on passenger trains.
We shared our findings with Claire Waxman, the Victims Commissioner for England and Wales, who is now calling for operational CCTV to be mandatory for train companies.
"I don't see how else we will keep people safe in those spaces and on public transport," she says.
(BBC article continues)
| Re: Victims 'devastated' by train CCTV failures as offenders go untraced Posted by ChrisB at 09:57, 24th February 2026 | |
Nowt to do with train companies now - the cost would fall squarely on the Government as it's a nationalised industry.
