Actually Jonathan I am not sure that you grasped my point of putting my post on list. the issue related to no Braille or tactile ID from community Police and not to my mugging personally. I then went on to speak about having to do a video recording of my statement, implicit in this was the fact that I could not write. Well I am not illeterate, however, I can type and write Braille. I denied the video statement and the compramise was that I had to dictate it. The police officer will ow write it up and read it to me next week. If I then state that this is accurate, it will be transcribed in to braille. Hence my reference to alternative format. Kevin did mention that he went for video statement.
Eleanor----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan" <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 2:19 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable Format - Not Typical for This List
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 supportiveOnly 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." ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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