Teenage girl gang filmed attacking train staff and police walk free from court - after blaming it on 'mass hysteria'

A teenage girl gang who went viral on social media after they were filmed attacking train staff, passengers and police officers in an alcohol-fuelled rampage have been spared jail. A teenage girl gang who went viral on social media after they were filmed attacking train staff, passengers and police officers in an alcohol-fuelled rampage have been spared jail The five girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, threw punches, headbutts and ripped out hair in an incident at Barnham Railway Station in West Sussex in March All five admitted affray and assaults on train staff, police and members of the public. The judge told all five girls they would have been jailed for the attack on fellow passengers, train staff and police officers if they had been old enough She told the girl, now aged 17: 'You were involved from start to finish for over an hour. Two men needed hospital treatment and one victim had a substantial amount of hair pulled form her head, Brighton Magistrates' Court heard 'Another officer is taking off his vest when you take the opportunity to have a swing at him, as well as swinging at another officer when he thinks you've calmed down.