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"A driver who cut the locomotive brakes at Lom Station has been
identified and arrested, though the investigation continues. After a
24-hour detention under the Ministry of Internal Affairs Law, he was
released as he was deemed unlikely to flee. Pre-trial proceedings are
ongoing.
Despite the lack of cameras in the area, investigators tracked down the 49-year-old man who has been a long-time employee of "Bulgarian State
Railways" (BDZ) and had even been awarded for his work. He confessed,
including before a judge, driven by personal motives stemming from an
internal work conflict with colleagues.
The supervising prosecutor, Oleg Dimitrov, explained that the man acted
out of a desire for revenge, believing he wouldn't be caught. He had
cunningly broken the glass to suggest vandalism.
Charged under Article 340, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code for damaging rolling stock, the driver faces 5 to 15 years of imprisonment. Although
the property damage amounted to about BGN 5,000, the greater risk was to railway transport safety. Engineer Elenko Kirkov noted that the cut
hoses left the locomotive without brakes, turning it into an
uncontrollable 87-ton machine. If it had been hooked to carriages, the
incident could have been far more catastrophic."
Cheers,
--
Rob
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational
in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary
to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7
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