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Good Samaritan threatened with arrest after organising train whip-round for pensioner’s £115 penalty fare
DAILY MAIL
Friday, October 10, 2008
A train manager threatened to have a commuter arrested after he came to the rescue of a vulnerable fellow passenger.
Stand-up comedian Tom Wrigglesworth intervened when the Virgin Trains manager demanded an elderly passenger buy a new ticket because she had got on the wrong train.
Lena Ainscow, 75, sobbed as she was forced to hand over £115 for a new ticket, despite having been told to board that service by Virgin staff.
Wrigglesworth, 32, stepped in and organised a whip-round among passengers for her.
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But the train manager saw him, said the collection was akin to begging and called police before warning him to hand back the cash or face being arrested.
Mrs Ainscow was travelling to see daughter Carol Battersby, her two sons, and husband Ian, a Regimental Sergeant Major with the Royal Artillery who has recently returned from Iraq.
Her £11.50 pre-booked ticket for the trip to see the family in Bromley was for yesterday’s 10.45am Manchester to Euston service but her Virgin travel itinerary said she had been booked on the 10.15am service and she was advised to board the train by Virgin staff in Manchester.
Her explanation and pleas for discretionary sympathy failed to sway the manager who forced her to pay for a new ticket.
Wrigglesworth, from Shadwell, east London, who is a regular at the Comedy Store in Piccadilly Circus, pleaded with him but was told not to interfere.
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13 Responses to “Good Samaritan threatened with arrest after organising train whip-round for pensioner’s £115 penalty fare”
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Real low…People these days…
October 10th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Helping somebody, doing good, is a very, very, very evil thing to do these days.
Welcome in hell my friends.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I think what we need is some good ol’ vigilante justice. The passengers should have jumped the manager and beat the stupid out of him.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
slaves just can’t help other slaves, it’s not allowed in this beautiful new world.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
PJP: I agree.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
no good dead goes unpunished “AND YOU WILL NOT HELP THE OTHER OUT OF THE HELL THAT WE PUT THEM IN” The new world order.
RICHARD BRANSON SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIS PEOPLE
October 11th, 2008 at 12:08 am
“Karma Police….Arrest this man.”
October 11th, 2008 at 5:13 am
As taxpayers we can hand over billions to vermin bankers but try to help out an old lady and see what happens.
Post the manager’s name up and we’ll pay him a visit.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:56 am
What an asshole! Someone should kick his ass good!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Well, the good news is…..she didn’t get tazed.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
well just proves there is a jobsworth prick waiting around every corner. they should sack that dick and serves him right. its not like she was even trying to ride for free. what a douche bag arsehole he was. well done tom for what you did. trouble is when people see what trying to help gets you, they turn their heads and look the other way.
October 11th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
give her free travel for life, and dont worry somebody will name and shame that tosser. imagine living with that!!!!
October 12th, 2008 at 6:51 am
See? I’ve been saying it for years, helping/protecting your fellow man is punished for one reason only. If we all looked out for each other, then imagine the problems that the bastards at the top would have pushing us around. Divide and rule, simple…