I was searched and asked if I had any distinguishing features or scars. While the officer telephoned for a police check, I asked for a chair and was offered a toilet as a seat. Finally, I was brought out of the cell, read my rights, told I was being charged with travel fraud, and that I would hear from the Procurator Fiscal within six to eight weeks. Before I left, I asked if they had any contact with the north of England traffic police. I began to describe the coach journey that had been forced upon us and suggested it would be terrible if there were a coach accident.
Coach drivers are professionals.
You should have reported it. I will not describe the further emotional upset this experience with GNER has caused me, nor the time spent contacting advice bureaux, helplines, GNER customer services and, of course, legal advisers. I have neglected my business and young family to come to terms with the hellish coach ride and the heavy-handed treatment by GNER train staff and the transport police.