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A man who exposed himself and threatened rail staff in Kent has been jailed following a British Transport Police investigation. David Makuyana, 58, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 16 weeks’ imprisonment at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 3 July. He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to indecent exposure and two counts of causing fear of provocation of violence by threatening words or behaviour.
He was also ordered to pay court and victim costs and must register with police as a sex offender for seven years.
The court heard that at around 22.40pm just two days earlier on Tuesday 1 July 2025, Makuyana was asked to leave a train at Tonbridge railway station due to his behaviour; shouting, swearing and urinating in a plastic bottle. Makuyana then directed this aggression at two members of staff refusing to leave the train. He then squared up to one member of staff while verbally abusing him, and raised his fists towards the other.
Makuyana then exposed himself and advanced towards one of the staff members in an attempt to urinate on him. He continued to shout at and abuse the staff, refusing to calm down even when other members of the public tried to intervene. He got off the train and tried to board another train but was refused travel. Officers arrived on the platform and Makuyana was arrested.
DC Ellen Lira, investigating officer, said:
“No person on the rail network should ever be subjected to such abhorrent abuse, especially rail staff who are simply doing their job.We take this kind of behaviour towards members of rail staff extremely seriously and it will not be tolerated on the network under any circumstance. We continue to work closely with rail companies to tackle offences and we will explore all investigative avenues to identify and prosecute offenders.”
We encourage passengers or staff who experience or witness any crime onboard a train or at a station to report it to us by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40. Always call 999 in an emergency.