Robert Jenrick says he chose to ‘get his hands dirty’ and collar fare-dodgers after watching so many get away with it

ROBERT Jenrick collared fare-dodgers after watching so many get away with it, he says.

The Shadow Justice Secretary tackled cheats at an East London Tube station, telling The Sun: “Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty.”

The Shadow Justice Secretary filmed himself collaring ‘dozens of freeloaders’

Mr Jenrick said he saw “dozens of freeloaders” slip through at Stratford in an hour.

He is told to “f*** off” as he pursues them in footage seen more than 12 million times.

He blasts station staff for failing to intervene, and asks: “What is the point of them if they don’t bother doing their job?

“It shouldn’t be left to the public to enforce the law.”

In one case, he says to a basketball-hat wearing yob: “You what?You’re carrying a knife?”

Mr Jenrick, MP for Newark, Notts, was criticised by some critics for not getting Transport for London permission to film in the station.

He lost out to Kemi Badenoch in last year’s Tory leadership race but is tipped to succeed her should she be forced out.

He is understood to be planning more videos.

Robert Jenrick was videos fare-dodgers on the Tube at a station in East London