Police say they are taking no further action following the death of railway ticket officer Belly Mujinga because “there is no evidence of anyone spitting” in an incident at London’s Victoria Station ahead of her death.
The 47-year-old died of Covid-19 on April 5. It was alleged that two weeks before this, she was spat on while at work by a man who claimed to have the virus.
But in a statement,
British Transport
police said: “We want to be clear on why we decided not to take any further action – based on key witness statements and having reviewed the CCTV footage, there is no evidence of anyone spitting in this incident.
“Senior detectives are confident that this incident did not lead to Belly Mujinga contracting Covid-19.
“This is because the man in the CCTV footage who detectives interviewed as part of the investigation had a negative antibody test result for Covid-19 in the time after the incident, therefore showing that he had never had the illness.
“The man’s test did not relate to the BTP investigation – he was tested as part of his occupation and the test results were shared with us during the investigation.”
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