CCTV image of West released by British Transport Police following the attack
A West Ham supporter has admitted threatening a grandfather on a train.
Raymond West, 49, of Chigwell Road, Woodford Green, appeared today at Basildon Magistrates Court.
He was initially charged with assault by beating and using threatening behaviour towards 70-year-old George Douglas on the Southend Victoria to Shenfield service on August 23 last year.
West denied both charges at a hearing in December and he admitted using threatening language with intent to cause fear and provoke unlwaful violence.
Police later issued a public appeal showing a CCTV image of West wearing a West Ham United shirt.
He has been remanded on unconditional bail for sentencing at Basildon Magistrates Court on April 25.
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