[access-uk] Re: Accessable Format - Not Typical for This List
- From: Jonathan <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:19:01 +0000
Eleanor Burke wrote:
> I was mugged last Friday and as a blind person with a guide dog, the Police,
> to be fair, have been extremely supportive
Only just read this, sorry to hear of yet another attack. I hope Barry
doesn't mind, and I don't often go off-topic, but I know there's a
mix of sighted and non-sighted people here, and I wonder if I might
use this thread to help spread the word about an appeal to find two
Eastern European men who attacked a man and his guide dog on the
underground at the end of January. Police have just released CCTV
images, the story is here:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24037901-find-train-thugs-who-mocked-and-punched-blind-man-and-guide-dog.do
Here's a brief summary:
"Tim Stirling, 27, was travelling with his guide dog Jasmine and a
friend, who is totally blind, when he was mocked and punched by one of
at least two men on the train between Victoria and Shortlands.
One of the men then trod on Jasmine's tail.
Mr Stirling said: "Suddenly I felt this punch to my arm, it did not
injure me but it was obviously not an accident. I asked him what he
was doing and he started questioning why I had a dog at my age and
swearing really loudly. I could not understand a lot of what they were
saying because they were talking in an eastern European language."
Anyone with information should call BTP on Freefone 0800 405040
quoting background reference B6/LSA of 31/01/2012."
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