Two Dutch men held over Eurostar sexual assault as man sentenced for train harassment

A woman was sexually assaulted on a Eurostar train from Amsterdam to London, police said, as two Dutch men were arrested at St Pancras station on Friday. The men, described by a source as “very drunk”, were taken into custody after the train arrived in the capital. The victim was supported by officers at the scene. The incident is the latest in a series of attacks on women on the rail network, coming on the same day that a man was sentenced under a new law targeting sexual harassment on public transport. David Stroud, who made sexually motivated comments to a woman on a train to London in April, was convicted in the first prosecution of its kind. British Transport Police welcomed the sentence, which sends a signal that such behaviour will not be tolerated. The arrests of the two Dutch men follow an investigation into the attack on the Eurostar, which departed from Amsterdam on Friday morning. Police are urging anyone with information to come forward. The cases highlight ongoing concerns about the safety of women travelling by rail, with campaigners calling for tougher measures to prevent assaults.