Support for Christopher McGee

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1. 501
   Name: Anonymous on Jan 5, 2013

   Comments: Unfortunately, Georgia was more responsible for her well being. We cannot all be totally responsible for drunks.

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2. 502
   Name: David Lindsay on Jan 5, 2013

   Comments: friends should have been responsable for her

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3. 503
   Name: Robert Gilchrist on Jan 7, 2013

   Comments: my heart goes out to her family.but she was partly to blame

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4. 504
   Name: Joanne Gilchrist on Jan 7, 2013

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5. 505
   Name: Anthony Olsson on Jan 8, 2013

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6. 506
   Name: Dr Adrian Morgan on Jan 9, 2013

   Comments: This is just natural selection of the species. Punishment totally out of proportion to the incident. Parents are totally to blame for this.

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7. 507
   Name: Anonymous on Jan 9, 2013

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8. 508
   Name: Anonymous on Jan 11, 2013

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9. 509
   Name: Chris Hobden on Jan 11, 2013

   Comments: He done his job that's all

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10. 510
    Name: Chris Hobden on Jan 11, 2013

    Comments: He done his job that's all

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11. 511
    Name: Neil Foxlee on Jan 11, 2013

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12. 512
    Name: J M Gold on Jan 12, 2013

    Comments: It is extremely rare for rail staff who make a momentary unintentional mistake which results in death to be prosecuted, let alone convicted. Since World War II the only two I can readily recall were the drivers in the 1957 Lewisham crash (90 fatalities) and the1989 Purley crash (5 fatalities). In the Lewisham case the driver was acquitted after two trials. The Purley driver pleaded guilty, against his union's advice. He was jailed for 18 months (part suspended), reduced to 4 months on appeal. Many years later, in 2007, the conviction was overturned when new evidence came to light. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch's report (see http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/reports_2012/report222012.cfm ) into the Liverpool accident (not published until after Mr. McGee's trial) reveals a remarkably similar accident at Angmering in 2009 which was not even subject to their independent investigation - see para 63 i ), let alone a prosecution. Was this brought to the attention of the court? In the absence of a transcript of the evidence, we cannot know. The Liverpool case seems out of line with established practice. I note that Mr. McGee has now appealed against sentence, but I am surprised he has not also appealed against the conviction.

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13. 513
    Name: J M Gold on Jan 12, 2013

    Comments: Since writing entry 512, my attention has been drawn to two other relatively recent cases of train dirvers being charged with manslaughter - Watford 1996 (1 fatality) and Southall 1997 (7 fatalities). The Watford driver was acquitted, and the Southall case was dropped.

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14. 514
    Name: D Ramsden on Jan 14, 2013

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15. 515
    Name: Martin Redfern on Jan 16, 2013

    Comments: this case could have significant repercussions for diligent, conscientious railway staff everywhere

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16. 516
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 16, 2013

    Comments: Yet tragic, Christopher McGee should not be held responsible for an underage drinker's actions. This was a tragic ACCIDENT. He should not be made the scapegoat and should be freed immediately.

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17. 517
    Name: Andrew Cook on Jan 16, 2013

    Comments: I remain deeply upset at the events and to the imprisonment of Chris McGee following this much publicised incident. As a train driver I see this sort of situation often and shudder to think that this could so easiliy be me where Chris is today. With this in mind my train will be delayed whilst the plaforms have cleared. Some people who have no regard for their own safety should not be allowed to travel whilst under the influence of drink and/or drugs. The sentence passed was not proportionate and Chris should be freed immediately.

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18. 518
    Name: Christopher Boulter on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: Whilst there may have been some negligence on the part of the guard, everything should be viewed in the context of "a history of drunks late at night on the trains, limited visibility, too large gaps between train and platform edge and the guard on his own trying in difficult circumstances to do his job". RAIB recommended that the rail company close up the gaps. From my own observations, the guards' sighting down some platforms can be difficult with a lack of police or other staff to assist train dispatch in difficult circumstances. So YES there may have been a degree of negligence but other factors combined to create the tragic circumstances and two wrongs dont make a right! View the whole situation. Management should not put its staff in such difficult circumstances: the management dont face the music of cut backs!

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19. 519
    Name: Janice Jones on Jan 17, 2013

    Comments: Free Christopher McGee it was an accident

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20. 520
    Name: Anthony Hughes on Jan 19, 2013

    Comments: This was a tragic accident, I feel for Georgia's family but I feel the fact that she was so drunk was the reason for what happened. Christopher should not be in jail.

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21. 521
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 22, 2013

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22. 522
    Name: Anonymous on Jan 23, 2013

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23. 523
    Name: Mark Hatton on Jan 29, 2013

    Comments: I feel the courts verdict unfair, indeed I dont see why Mr McGee had to appear in a criminal court at all. The sentence is appalling.

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24. 524
    Name: Robert Hunter on Feb 28, 2013

    Comments: Was there pressure on train staff to be on time to avoid fines? ie was this to save money? The punishment is grossly out of line with the event. What about executives at Mid-Staffs hospital where sub standard care resulted in more than 400 dying prematurely? One of these was even promoted!

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    Name: Keely Thornbury on Mar 8, 2013

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    Name: Keely Thornbury on Mar 8, 2013

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    Name: Keely Thornbury on Mar 8, 2013

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30. 530
    Name: Judith Etheridge on Mar 13, 2013

    Comments: I don't think that a railway guard could know if someone is drunk, or has taken drugs, and deliberately intended for her to get killed. Trains need to run on time, and accidents could happen if one train is held up for some time for no good reason. I feel very sorry for the family of this young girl, but when you lose someone, it is normal to look around to be able to blame someone for the cause of the death. I really believe that this sad case was an accident.

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31. 531
    Name: Chris Whitehouse on Mar 14, 2013

    Comments: I think it's time we went back to when 'accidents were accidents' not premeditated acts of malice. A prison sentence is a total miscarriage of Justice.

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    Name: Paul Etheridge on Mar 14, 2013

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    Name: Social Bookmarks on Mar 15, 2013

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34. 534
    Name: Anonymous on Mar 23, 2013

    Comments: Agree awful accident but guard should not be jailed.

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    Name: RAY COOPER on Mar 30, 2013

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    Name: Helen Turnbull on Mar 31, 2013

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    Name: James Piggott on Apr 2, 2013

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