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Bystanders to sexual assault on the Tube who do nothing are failing Londoners

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In less than a week, two stories of brazen sexual assaults on the Tube have hit the headlines. The first involved an arrest for alleged “sexual touching” of fellow passengers when the lights went out on a stranded Elizabeth Line train last Thursday. Now, a man has been jailed foron the Piccadilly Line. 

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