Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with three separate assaults, including one that left a man unconscious.
The first incident happened at 8 p.m. on April 9, when an attendant working at the Surrey Central SkyTrain station was bodychecked.
A man was violently bodychecked while standing at the Compass Card vending machine at the Scott Road station on April 14 just after 4:30 p.m.
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Three days later, a man was shoulder-checked at the Gateway station at around 8 p.m., transit police said.
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Police say the suspect then tried to start a fight with the man, saying “hit me” multiple times before eventually choking the victim until he lost consciousness.
Benjamin James McBeath, a 44-year-old man of no fixed address, now faces two counts of assault and one count of assault by choking.
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He was remanded in custody and was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
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