Overview

• Police say they received a report of an assault at Watford High Street station in late July and that enquiries are ongoing.
• Footage shows the teenager slammed into train doors and punched as the Overground approached Carpenders Park near Watford.
• The victim, understood to have autism and ADHD, was traveling to his grandmother’s home in London when the incident occurred.
• Two men are reported to have pulled the attacker away while other passengers moved down the carriage.
• The boy initially kept the incident from his family because he feared losing permission to travel on his own.