Train Attacker Convicted After Brutal Bottle Assault on Two Passengers
A man who violently attacked two passengers with a glass bottle during a train journey has been convicted of Attempted Murder and Serious Assault following a British Transport Police investigation.
Thomas Craig, 48, of Walton Street in East Renfrewshire, was found guilty on 28 November after a four-day trial at Glasgow High Court. He is due to be sentenced on 12 January 2026.
During the trial, the court heard that Craig had been heavily intoxicated while travelling on a Glasgow Queen Street to Perth service on 16 February 2024. After initiating conversation with two men seated across the aisle, events escalated within minutes. Craig hurled an insult at one of them before leaping from his seat and striking him twice over the head with a glass bottle.
The victim fled down the carriage, but Craig chased him and continued attacking him until the bottle shattered, leaving him armed with the jagged neck. When the second man tried to intervene, Craig turned on him, punching him repeatedly and twice driving the broken bottle into his chest.
Craig then returned to his seat, discarded the broken bottle neck, and took one of the victim’s phones. As the train continued, he removed his blood-soaked jumper and put on a clean hoodie taken from his bag.
Emergency services met the train at Larbert station. Both victims were treated at the scene before being rushed to hospital. One man was left in critical condition, suffering a stab wound near his heart, a collapsed lung, and a severed artery that caused him to lose around 15% of his blood. Craig was arrested onboard.
BTP Detective Inspector Marc Francey said:
"Craig acted in a truly despicable manner, violently and relentlessly attacking two men over a minor disagreement and causing countless passengers on the train to panic. His indiscriminate and thuggish actions could have resulted in far more severe consequences, both for his victims and for himself. It is thanks only to luck and to the lifesaving work of the paramedics that Craig hasn’t been found guilty of something far worse. I hope this verdict brings a measure of closure to the victims after enduring such a brutal attack. Violence on the railway is utterly unacceptable, and we will relentlessly pursue offenders like Craig to ensure they face justice.”
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