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| Train eviction video: 'Big Man' is charged | Train eviction video: 'Big Man' is charged |
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| Police have charged a man with assault after an alleged fare-dodger was removed from a train by a passenger. | Police have charged a man with assault after an alleged fare-dodger was removed from a train by a passenger. |
| Mobile phone recordings by a passenger on board the Edinburgh to Perth train on 9 December have been viewed by almost two million people on You Tube. | Mobile phone recordings by a passenger on board the Edinburgh to Perth train on 9 December have been viewed by almost two million people on You Tube. |
| It shows a man - since dubbed 'Big Man' - throwing a teenager off a train after he argued with a ticket inspector. | |
| British Transport Police said a 35-year-old man from Stirling had been charged with assault. | British Transport Police said a 35-year-old man from Stirling had been charged with assault. |
| The man is understood to be Alan Pollock. | The man is understood to be Alan Pollock. |
| Meanwhile the student accused of fare dodging, 19-year-old Sam Main from Falkirk, has also been reported to the procurator fiscal, which decides whether to prosecute alleged crimes in Scotland. | |
| He has been reported under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing Act Scotland, and in connection with an allegation of trespass. | He has been reported under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing Act Scotland, and in connection with an allegation of trespass. |
| The You Tube video shows a passenger speaking to a conductor over an alleged unpaid fare. | The You Tube video shows a passenger speaking to a conductor over an alleged unpaid fare. |
| He is then removed from the train by another passenger at Linlithgow. | He is then removed from the train by another passenger at Linlithgow. |