Assault claim reported after Scotrail YouTube incident

A man and a teenager have been reported to prosecutors after a complaint was made about an alleged assault on board a train, police have confirmed.

The alleged incident, which became an internet hit after it was filmed by a passenger on his mobile phone, happened at Linlithgow station on ScotRail’s Edinburgh Waverley to Perth service on Friday December 9.

The video has received more than a million views on YouTube.

It shows a passenger, Sam Main, 19, speaking to a conductor over an alleged unpaid fare, before he was removed from the train by another passenger.

Alan Pollock, 35, from Stirling, was named locally as the man who allegedly stepped in and removed Mr Main from the train.

British Transport Police confirmed last week that they had received a complaint about the incident and said today that both men had been reported to the procurator fiscal.

A spokesman said: “British Transport Police can now confirm that a 35-year-old man from Stirling and a 19-year-old man from Falkirk are the subject of a report to the local procurator fiscal in connection with an incident on board the 9.33pm Edinburgh Waverley to Perth service, at Linlithgow on Friday 9 December 2011.”