Father of 'fare dodger' calls for assault charge after son is thrown off train

Lennie Main said his son Sam, 19, landed ‘head
first’ on the platform after being bundled through doors by Alan Pollock
after a fare-dodging row.
British Transport Police are
investigating mobile phone footage of the incident on a ScotRail train,
which has been viewed 500,000 times worldwide.
Mr Main, a
43-year-old salesman, said: ‘This big guy has basically thrown him on to
the platform. Sam’s landed on his face, and has a big graze.
‘He’s tried to get back in the carriage to get his bag.
‘He’s
diabetic and all his things were in that bag – his medication, his
university notes, his money, his mobile phone and his iPod. This man had
no right to do what he did. If I was him, I’d expect to be charged.’
An unnamed relative claimed the student had been issued with two single tickets to the same destination by mistake.
The
video clip shows the passenger – since identified as a Mr Pollock –
intervening when a ticket inspector orders Sam off the train at
Linlithgow last Friday because he does not have a valid ticket to his
destination, Polmont.
When the student refuses, Mr Pollock offers to ‘get him off’.
Sam
is seen struggling to get back on board the Edinburgh to Perth service
to retrieve his bag, unaware that another passenger has already tossed
it off the train. Passengers applaud Mr Pollock, with one saying:
‘Cheers, big man.’
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thrown him like tht just for a ticket?