‘I do not go out anymore and stay home where I feel safe’: IT worker tells of devastating effect of being pushed under Tube by total stranger
Kamlesh Ramji, 40, was struck by the oncoming train but miraculously survived
A PARANOID schizophrenic who pushed a computer expert in front of a Tube train has been sent to a secure psychiatric unit indefinitely.
Devindra Ferguson, 29, shoved software developer Kamlesh Ramji, 40, onto the tracks on the southbound platform at Kentish Town underground station in north London.
Mr Ramji, a business development manager at software firm Sage, was struck by an oncoming train in front of horrified commuters at 11:40am on December 2 last year.
Mr Ramji has now revealed how he no longer leaves his home after the attack destroyed his life.
He said in an impact statement read to the court: "It has had a severely devastating physical and emotional effect on me.
"I am finding it hard to come to terms with or understand why a complete stranger would push me on to the tracks.
"I have had traumatic, life changing injuries to my body.
"The incident had destroyed my independence and career I have been working on for 15 years.
"I do not go out anymore and stay at home where I feel safe."
The court was told how Mr Ramji woke up late on Christmas Eve and didn't know where he was or how he had got there.
He was rushed to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in a critical condition but miraculously survived.
He suffered a fractured skull, bleeding and air on the brain, punctured lungs, multiple rib fractures, a fractured scapula, broken arms and legs and his pelvis was fractured in three places.
Ferguson, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, had stopped complying with treatment in the weeks before the incident.
Judge Peter Clarke detained Ferguson under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act and imposed a Section 41 restriction order at Blackfriars Crown Court.
Ferguson will stay at Chase Farm Medium Secure Hospital for an indefinite amount of time until two experts and a judge deem him fit for release.
He had been charged with attempted murder.
Prosecutor Julian Jones told the court that Ferguson and Mr Ramji were complete strangers.
The court was shown CCTV footage of Ferguson travelling up an escalator at the station and immediately turning and travelling back down again.
As he is standing on the down escalator Mr Ramji walks past him and Ferguson follows him onto the platform.
Once on the platform Ferguson walks past Mr Ramji, turns, walks back and stands behind him.
The CCTV footage shows Ferguson slowly walking behind Mr Ramji.
At this point they made brief eye contact, the court was told.
Ferguson waits for the train to approach and shoves Mr Ramji in the back with two hands.
"The push was so ferocious Mr Ramji ended up halfway across the tracks before being stuck by the train," said Mr Jones.
The CCTV footage showed other people waiting on the platform not even realising it had happened it was over so quick.
Ferguson remained on the platform for a few moments and then sprinted to the northbound platform.
He handed himself into Lewisham Police Station at 7pm that night telling officers had pushed a man under a train.
When cautioned Ferguson told officers: "All you need to know is that it was my intention."
During interview he admitted to pushing Mr Ramji under the train but said little else.
He has suffered from the longest list of internal injuries I have seen in 42 years
Judge Peter Clarke
His injuries were so severe at one point doctors told his parents he might not survive.
Ferguson does not accept he has a mental illness and says he doesn't need treatment, the court heard.
His doctors have said that he has a severe and enduring paranoid schizophrenia.
He suffers from psychosis, irrationality, delusions, and hallucinations and does not have the ability to show insight.
There were no indicators that something so terrible like this could happen and that Ferguson, when taking his medication, is not at all aggressive, the court was told.
If Ferguson was sent to prison he would not comply with treatment and he would be a danger.
"He would be a danger to everyone including himself," said Judge Clarke.
Judge Clarke said: 'When looking at a horrendous act like this you would expect it to lead to many, many, years imprisonment.
"This doesn't just get put on the back shelf, this is something that is under scrutiny.
"He (Mr Ramji) has suffered from the longest list of internal injuries I have seen in 42 years. He has been in excruciating pain.
"It is something that happens in the flash of an eye so speedy was the attack.
"There has been much medical examination of Mr Ferguson since that time that indicated he was suffering from mental illness before this offence but had not been taking medication.
"I am quite satisfied that the appropriate course of action is to make an order 37 of the mental health act with a section 41 restriction order.
"He will not be released until experts in law and experts in medicine decide he is fit to do so."
Ferguson, of Parklea Close, Colindale, admitted attempted murder and was detained under section 37 of the Mental Health Act .
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