Upper Darby (US), October 16
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A woman was ravished by a foreigner on a commuter train in suburban Philadelphia in the presence of other riders who a police functionary said “ should have done commodity” Supervisor Timothy Bernhardt of the Upper Darby Police Department said officers were called to the 69th Street terminal around 10 pm Wednesday after the assault on the westbound train on the Request-Frankford Line An hand of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority who was in the vicinity as the train went once called police to report that “ commodity was n’t right” with a woman aboard the train, Bernhardt said.
SEPTA police staying at the coming stop plant the woman and arrested a man. The woman was taken to a sanitarium Bernhardt called the victim an “ possibly strong woman” who handed police with a lot of information. She didn’t know her bushwhacker, he said She’s on the mend,” Bernhardt said. “ Hopefully she’ll get through this The entire occasion was captured on surveillance videotape that showed other people on the train at the time, Bernhardt said There was a lot of people, in my opinion, that should have interposed; notoriety should have done commodity,” Bernhardt said.
“ It speaks to where we’re in society; I mean, who would allow commodity like that to take place? So it’s disquieting Fiston Ngoy, 35, has been charged with rape, exacerbated nasty assault and related counts, according to Delaware County court records. Bernhardt said he’s known to both SEPTA and Upper Darby police.
Court documents do n’t list a defence attorney, and a listed number for him could n’t be plant Saturday SEPTA issued a statement calling it a “ horrendous felonious act” and prompting anyone witnessing such a thing to report it to authorities There were other people on the train who witnessed this terrible act, and it may have been stopped sooner if a rider called 911,” the authority said. — AP