The bizarre moment a packed train was forced to a halt in Sydney‘s CBD by a man who stood on the tracks before allegedly throwing a punch at a cop has been caught on video.
The man, who some witnesses reported seeing at a city pub earlier in the night, was filmed yelling at random pedestrians and banging on the front windshield of the light rail carriage at the Liverpool and George St intersection about 11pm on Saturday.
The footage shows a marked police patrol car pulled up and an officer approached the man. The long-haired man then appeared to take a swing at officer – who calmly stepped out of the way – before the man stumbled over and hit his head on the car’s bumper.
The officer then handcuffed the man as he appeared to attempt to resist, while bystanders cheered.
‘Police will allege during the arrest; the man damaged a police vehicle and assaulted a male constable,’ NSW Police said in a statement.
‘The male officer was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene for minor injuries.’
The footage showed five other officers arrived shortly after the man was on the ground and helped hold him man down while he was arrested.
Bystanders filmed the moment a Sydney train was stopped by a man on the tracks
The man was filmed yelling at bystanders and appeared to take a swing at an officer
The man fell over and was arrested by the officer with the help of more officers who arrived shortly after
Police said the long-haired man was taken to Day Street Police Station and charged.
The man was accused of going onto running lines, behaving in offensive manner in a public place, assaulting a police officer in execution of duty causing actual bodily harm, and resisting a police officer in the execution of duty.
He briefly fronted Parramatta Local Court on Sunday where he was refused bail.
