Guard Jailed for death of girl on train platform

[ryanman]

A drunk girl stumbles into the road in front of a bus. The driver sees her but continues to drive assuming she will move out the way. She does not move. The bus hits and kills her. He did not intend to kill or harm her.

I don't think the sentence would seem so harsh in those circumstances. The two scenarios are not too dissimilar.

[Mark TKO]

regardless - jailing him achieves what exactly ?

who'd served her the alcohol ? provided the drugs ?

They as much to blame so send them down too if we going to nail the guilty parties we want to blame

A tragedy of circumstances unfortunately

[ryanman]

regardless - jailing him achieves what exactly ?

who'd served her the alcohol ? provided the drugs ?

They as much to blame so send them down too if we going to nail the guilty parties we want to blame

A tragedy of circumstances unfortunately

Yeah I do agree. It's a tragic set of circumstances and I don't think his actions deserve 5 years. Nor is he the only person to blame. But the law doesn't always work like that (and for good reasons).
It's similar to how I feel when somebody gets sent down for manslaughter when they kill someone with one punch (for instance in terms of a fight in a pub with both throwing punches. Not an unprovoked attack). They could never expect or hope to kill someone by throwing one punch in the midst of a fight but if it leads to someones death then they are responsible for that death.

[Fenster]

I don't think it matters that she was drunk.

He let the train move with someone leaning against it. A perfectly sober person could have been dragged under too

[Gandalf]

I don't think it matters that she was drunk.

He let the train move with someone leaning against it. A perfectly sober person could have been dragged under too

Nobody should ever be leaning on a train. A sober person leaning on a train would deserve an equal fate.

[Fenster]

I don't think it matters that she was drunk.

He let the train move with someone leaning against it. A perfectly sober person could have been dragged under too

Nobody should ever be leaning on a train. A sober person leaning on a train would deserve an equal fate.

Yeah and no one in control of a train should ever let it move with someone leaning on it.

His risk cost someone their life.

Of course he should be severly punished.

[Conrad]

I don't think it matters that she was drunk.

He let the train move with someone leaning against it. A perfectly sober person could have been dragged under too

Nobody should ever be leaning on a train. A sober person leaning on a train would deserve an equal fate.

Yeah and no one in control of a train should ever let it move with someone leaning on it.

His risk cost someone their life.

Of course he should be severly punished.

I agree.

It's his job to make sure nobody is close to the train before it leaves, he didn't do his job. All he had to do was wait or ask her to move and she'd still be alive. 5 years seems harsh but dying at 16 is worse...

[Gandalf]

I don't think it matters that she was drunk.

He let the train move with someone leaning against it. A perfectly sober person could have been dragged under too

Nobody should ever be leaning on a train. A sober person leaning on a train would deserve an equal fate.

Yeah and no one in control of a train should ever let it move with someone leaning on it.

His risk cost someone their life.

Of course he should be severly punished.

I agree.

It's his job to make sure nobody is close to the train before it leaves, he didn't do his job. All he had to do was wait or ask her to move and she'd still be alive. 5 years seems harsh but dying at 16 is worse...

Everyone is leaving out the fact that she was drunk and leaning on a train. She should have known better.

Put your hands up if you have ever leaned on a train and moreso one that is to depart at any moment? Of course, none of you.

She is a Darwin award candidate.