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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Teenager called 'rude and stupid' for sitting in a priority seat

A teenage girl was stunned when she was screamed at by a man on a bus.

Kirsty Swift said her daughter Amelia was on an Arriva 89 bus yesterday, May 16, when she was approached by an older man who started shouting and swearing at her for sitting in the priority seat. The man allegedly called her "rude and stupid" and an "ignorant teenager" for sitting in the seats - and added: "I hope your mum is proud."

Kirsty told the ECHO there were plenty of empty seats on the bus, but the man aggressively stamped his feet and continued his foul-mouthed tirade to intimidate the teenager. Amelia, 17, is entitled to sit in the priority seats as she has several hidden disabilities.

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