Tube brawlers charged with endangering lives of rescuers

♦ Two men who fell on to the tracks while fighting in a London Underground station have been charged with endangering the lives of those who pulled them out of the way of a train.

Boguslaw Rybski, 34, and Przemyslaw Zawisza, 26, were charged with endangering the safety of a person conveyed by railway.

The two were grappling by the tracks at Green Park in the early hours of Easter Sunday when they fell.

Steve Burton, Tfl’s director of transport policing, said: “This behaviour was extremely dangerous and not only put the lives of the men involved at risk, but others on the platform who tried to help.

“These reckless actions will not be tolerated and the police will take the appropriate action.”

Witnesses said the pair then tried unsuccessfully to board the stopped train.

Because of the disruption, the Tube remained at the station for 15 minutes and the Victoria line towards King’s Cross was closed.