'Big Man' tackles fare dodging teenager on train

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The video called ScotRail No Ticket was posted onto YouTube three days ago and has already been viewed almost 200,000 times.

The incident happened on a ScotRail service between Edinburgh and Perth on Friday night when a ticket conductor caught a teenager trying to travel with a single ticket that was only valid in the opposite direction.

After realising the ticket was not valid and that the young man was not going to pay the fare, the conductor told the driver to stop the train until the lad got off.

A shouting match ensued, with the conductor insisting, "we will sit here all night. Why should they pay and not you?" as the youth swears at him.

One unidentified passenger having has enough, gets to his feet, asks the conductor if there a problem before grabbing the teenager by the scruff of his neck and bundling him off the train.

The youth tries unsuccessfully to barge his way back on the carriage but gets pushed off repeatedly by the man when he tries to reboard.

A ScotRail spokesman said: "While we welcome the public's support of our zero-tolerance stance on anti-social behaviour, our staff are trained in conflict management and we do not expect members of the public to take matters into their own hands.

"We are investigating the incident, which appears to show a person travelling without a valid ticket, refusing to pay for the journey, and swearing at a staff member in full view of customers."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...n-tackles-fare-dodging-teenager-on-train.html

This is brilliant, good on the big guy! :D
 
What about the teenager's human rights? Wouldn't surprise me if the "Big Man" gets arrested for that.
 
hah, big Guy blatantly had somewhere to be :p

Conductor: "We'll sit here all night"
Teenager: "Fine"
Big Guy: *God dammit I need to be somewhere!* <hero mode activate>
 
scorza said:
What about the teenager's human rights? Wouldn't surprise me if the "Big Man" gets arrested for that.
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His human right to board a train without a valid ticket, refuse payment, refuse to leave the train when directed to do so and verbally abuse the staff member?

The teenager is the criminal here, not the guy who stepped in. As long as he didnt physically assault the kid while putting him off the train, I doubt a judge would do anything if it went to court.
 
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