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Rail boss on train assault charge
The civil servant in charge of the country's railways is to stand trial accused of assaulting a train steward.
Director-general of Railways Michael Mitchell, 57, is charged with attacking GNER rail steward Peter Etherington on a train.
The alleged assault happened near Peterborough on 14 June last year.
Mr Mitchell, from Almondbury, near Huddersfield, was ordered to stand trial when he appeared before magistrates in Peterborough.
He was appointed by the then-Transport Secretary Alistair Darling in February 2005, and will stand trial at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on charges of assault by beating and of offensive behaviour on a train.
He had entered formal not guilty pleas to the two charges by letter at an earlier hearing.
The civil servant in charge of the country's railways is to stand trial accused of assaulting a train steward.
Director-general of Railways Michael Mitchell, 57, is charged with attacking GNER rail steward Peter Etherington on a train.
The alleged assault happened near Peterborough on 14 June last year.
Mr Mitchell, from Almondbury, near Huddersfield, was ordered to stand trial when he appeared before magistrates in Peterborough.
He was appointed by the then-Transport Secretary Alistair Darling in February 2005, and will stand trial at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on charges of assault by beating and of offensive behaviour on a train.
He had entered formal not guilty pleas to the two charges by letter at an earlier hearing.
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