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'Big Man' charged over train assault

Christine Lavelle
Wednesday 21 December 2011 20:00 EST

A man has been charged by police over an alleged assault when a teenager was removed from a train by another passenger.

The incident, on an Edinburgh Waverley to Perth service on 9 December, became an internet hit after it was filmed by a passenger. It shows Sam Main, 19, being removed from the train by another passenger.

Alan Pollock, 35, referred to as "Big Man" in the clip, has been charged with assault.

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