[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Snowball

Here is a simple question. Given that the incident would never have occurred if the 'the kid' (19 year old) - had simply ensured he had the correct ticket: do you honestly feel that it is justified that his actions, and subsequent actions of all invovled - and this yob's pushing it into the media /public in the way he has that the following may (slim) but may happen

1. He ends up charges with several offences, and may end up with a criminal record - which may impact on his career.
2. The Big Man has is charged with assault and ends up with a criminal record and may possibly lose his job (as we have no idea if this could be an impact
3. A Scotrail employee may be fired at such a late stage in his life.

All of which could happen - all because this little bit of scum thought he could get away with fare dogding and all that resulted as a consequence of HIS actions.

Every person is only responsible for their own actions. No, that boy shouldn't have behaved the way he did but he can't be responsible for the reactions of the other 2 people involved. Firstly, it was not the place or responsibility of The Big man to act as a security guard or Police officer and secondly The conductor should have been doing his job properly and followed the rails proper procedures in dealing with situations like this.