this is the moment that a racist thug pushed a policewoman onto train tracks in a drunken rampage through a station construction worker kevin pythian, 32, shoved the slightly built woman officer onto the railway line as she bravely tried to restrain him in oxford road station, manchester moments before he had accused a ticket inspector of being a member of al qaeda and sprinted across the live tracks to get to the opposite platform pythian was jailed for two and a half years at minshull street crown court after admitting a string of offences the unnamed wpc can be seen lying on the railway track after being pushed by drunken thug kevin pythian as she tried to restrain him after a drunken rampage  the construction worker, 32, was jailed for two and a half years  the court heard pythian had been drinking in manchester city centre when he walked into the station at around 855pm on february 17 northern rail worker narinder singh asked to see his ticket he replied, 'i've got a ticket, i want to see your id' when mr singh showed him his badge, pythian said: 'i know you're indian i want to see your id as far as i know you could be al qaeda' after being spoken to by supervisor sean lynch, pythian staggered to platform 4 but then ran across the track onto platform 3   causing an incoming train to break sharply he was then chased by the 36 year old pc before a scuffle which resulted in her being thrown from the platform on to the track the constable was knocked out and suffered a gash to the head, a broken finger and cuts and bruises she remains off duty with her injuries pythian went on to punch mr lynch and threaten to bite his ear off before running along tracks towards deansgate trains had to be halted for 11 minutes because of the incident pythian had only recently been freed from prison, after being jailed for 10 years for an armed robbery at a north wales supermarket in 2009 describing the attack on the slightly built pc, prosecutor barrie darby said: 'he seemed to have calmed down and wiped his face but then he raised his hands and pushed her in the face with such force she went off the platform' pythian had been drinking in manchester city centre when he walked into the station at around 855pm  the woman wpc was trying to restrain the construction worker after he made racist remarks to a member of station staff and jumped on the tracks  the police officer can be seen falling onto the railway line after being shoved by pythian  the constable was knocked out and suffered a gash to the head, a broken finger and cuts and bruises  for the defence, graham robinson said: 'having assessed the cctv and time to reflect, he is utterly remorseful for what he has done and totally ashamed of his behaviour pythian, from runcorn, cheshire, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault, endangering rail safety and racial harassment judge geoffrey lowe said: 'you could have stopped after each of these episodes if you had things wouldn't be nearly as bad as they are for you now'
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kevin pythian, 32, jailed for two and half years by crown court judge  admitted assault, endangering rail safety and racial harassment  rampage happened at oxford road station in manchester  shoved slight built wpc onto tracks as she tried to restrain him  also accused ticket inspector of being in al qaeda and jumped on line  judge says he could have stopped 'each of these episodes'