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Abuse of bus drivers growing, say Unite

MORE than one in six bus drivers in Scotland have faced physical violence at work and 84 per cent say abuse has increased over the last year, a new survey revealed today.

The findings come from a mass survey of bus driver members by transport union Unite in the wake of the death of Elgin bus driver Keith Rollinson in February.

Mr Rollinson, 58, died of cardiac arrest following an attack at an Elgin Bus Station after he refused to let a “noticeably intoxicated” teenager board his bus — a 15-year-old later pleaded guilty to his culpable homicide.

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