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A man who chased his victim around Canning Town station while wielding a knife in front of horrified commuters has been jailed.

Viet Hoang, 20, of Valerian Way in West Ham, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after being found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon.

Transport police are looking for information on two men in connection with a series of phone thefts on the Tube and DLR.

It comes after seven youths from across south and east London were charged with conspiracy to steal in relation to 14 incidents between February and April.

An attack which saw a man beaten over the head with a metal bar at West India Quay DLR station has resulted in two men receiving community service orders.

Ryan Lee, 19, of Benworth Street in Bow, and William Medhurst, 18, of Southend Road in Hornchurch, were found guilty of actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.

DLR staff have been offered counselling and one has been signed off work after a knife-wielding teenager kept passengers hostage on a train for over an hour.

The dramatic incident also saw an innocent bystander shot with a police Taser gun as police stormed the train to arrest the suspect.

A woman has been sent to prison for beating a fellow DLR passenger around the head with a metal dog chain.

Lauren Gregson, 20, of Beaumont Grove in Stepney Green, was given a 40 week sentence for what police described as a "vicious attack".