Read More

Speaking about the incident and on receiving the commendation, Mr Phara said: “Initially I thought it was a terrorist attack, I heard screaming and a taxi driver had ran in telling me that a man had been stabbed. I ran out to see what was happening.

John Phare

“I could see that the man was being stabbed, I just didn’t think, and I rugby tackled Skinner to the ground.

Read More

Mr Phare, who has worked with GWR for the past seven years, said: “You never expect to be faced with something like this and I never intervened to be acknowledged or recognised. I just wish I could have done more.”