Chatting to the british transport police

[fluffymark]

So today they finally took a statement from me - beforehand I was a bit stressed about giving a witness statement, wasn't sure what was involved, but the BT police were very friendly and supportive and asked me to tell things slowly and carefully. And in the end, it was a relief to tell the whole event to someone, and them to listen attentively to all the details, and to get it all off my chest, and now that its out of me, I feel more free, like I've got past it now, and it's behind me. The emotions and the pain and the fear have all been signed away on forms. It's an escape.

They tell me theres an organized mob of these yobs, attacking on the Cambridge-London train often, sometimes in groups as large as 30-40. They get on and off at intermediate stations and often cause mayhem. In future I'm going to feel safe only on the nonstop services.

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[ixwin.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Glad the statement was helpful, and that you're feeling better.

I mentioned this to vectorious and he said a friend of his had been caught in a similar incident on the Cambridge-London train a couple of months ago.

[fluffymark]

Yes, today think have been less panicy. I've not had any flashbacks or anything like that, so i think the worst is way behind me now. Just got to get on with life again.

Sorry to hear a friend of vectorius got attacked too - thats terrible. Was it on the same bit of route (near Harlow town) or somewhere else?

Have you seen anything yourself on the King's cross branch of the London-Cambridge route? I've just realised, if you live in Hitchin, you must use that route a lot, and can't use the nonstop trains. Take care, both you and Matt.

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

Honey, if it gets late just stay in Cambridge the night - you know enough people there who will happily offer you floorspace.

[fluffymark]

Very tempted to take that option in future.

Luckily this tim i had very little to steal - if they'd strck the previous two times i'd been returning from Cambridge, they would have either found me with a bag full of stuff from Prague, including my camera, which i would have been a big loss, or the time I was the Calling DJ, when I had a lot of pounds worth of CDs in my bag. On one of those occasions i was given a survey to full out on the train about train security and how safe i felt on the journey. If they give me sucha survey again on that route i'll have *very* different opinions on the matter now.

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

*hugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggs*

Glad that you're feeling better. I wondered if talking to the police would help. :)

*wibble* to the organised mob. Make sure you take people up on the offers of Cambridge stay-overs if you need them!

[fluffymark]

Thankyou again for the huuuuuugs! :)
I'm going to insist on crashing over in future. :)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Weren't you dreadfully tempted to say, "Why don't you put lots of policemen on a train in plain clothes and arrest the little shits then?"

[fluffymark]

Thats a very good point. Why on earth not???? :/