Police evict 40 Scottish hooligans from an Alicante-Madrid AVE for insulting and disturbing travelers

The National Police has evicted in Albacete a group of 40 Scottish hooligans from an AVE that was circulating between Alicante and Madrid, after showing uncivil behavior on the train, both with Renfe workers and with passengers. As reported to Europa Press According to company sources, the affected train was the 2:45 p.m. train departing from Alicante, which was delayed for 52 minutes, although passengers will be entitled to full compensation for the delay. of the Champions League in which Real Madrid, current leader of the group, will meet at the Santiago BernabĂ©u stadium against Celtic Glasgow, who have already been eliminated from the competition after not having won any games in the group stage. Insults to travellersThe supporters of this Scottish football team would have insulted the working staff of Renfe and the rest of the train travellers, who have requested the change of wagon to avoid the unpleasant behavior shown by these ‘hoolingans’. In fact, it has been the inspector who has notified the Police to intervene at the Albacete stop, where the agents have finally evicted the group. In addition, Renfe staff prohibited the sale of alcohol on board the train, given the situation. Renfe’s punctuality commitment states that the entire cost of the ticket will be refunded if the delay is greater than 30 minutes, as it will be in this case, Therefore, the public company will initially assume compensation for all passengers. Conviction However, recently, a court ruling sentenced 11 men to pay the compensation that Renfe had to pay in July 2018 to passengers on an AVE between Madrid and Malaga, and which amounted to 7,676 euros. These individuals were celebrating a bachelor party and also showed bad behavior on board the train, which caused a 23-minute delay by refusing to leave the train at the request of Renfe workers. In fact, Renfe will also file a complaint against this group of ‘hooligans’, which will allow the same process to be repeated and they will be the ones to assume the payment of this compensation to the rest of the passengers, provided that there is a judicial resolution in favor.