Trainspotting
See previous post dated 19 December 2011 - Fare's Fair.
Here's what he had to say:
"Speaking about the incident yesterday, Mr Hems – who has been interviewed by British Transport Police – said he was sitting bored on the train, "mucking around with the phone", when it started.
He said: "I started filming purely because the train conductor had gone backwards and had stopped the train after checking everyone's tickets.
"There was a bit of abuse going on. I thought the transport police were about to come and throw the student off the train.
"I was thinking it was going to be funny, but I didn't expect the big man to step up like that. It has caused a bit of a stir.
"I'm firmly on the big man's side because he did what everyone wanted to be done."
Mr Hems added: "Sam is basically saying that he tried to explain, and wasn't given a chance to explain [about the ticket]. But he was given lots of time to explain.
"He was just being offensive - He could have avoided it if he'd just got a ticket. He got a taxi home afterwards. He clearly had money."
Mr Hems said that after the incident everybody "took their headphones off, and started chatting". He added: "I've never been on a train journey where everyone starts talking to each other - it was very weird."
Most folk were on the side of [Alan Pollock]. It was the right thing to do. The conductor was pretty much in shock."
I just hope that the young student - Sam Main - and his family give up their ridiculous campaign to portray him as some kind of poor innocent victim.
The video which has gone viral on You Tube and accounts of eye witnesses - tell a very different story.
The young man should just accept that he made a complete arse of himself - suck it up - and move on.
