The dark side of human nature

Following the horrifying story earlier this summer, of onlookers using their video mobile phones to film a woman being raped in the men's room of a British pub, the ghoulish behaviour of people wanting to see the body of a young man on a railway line was condemned by members of the emergency services on the premises.

"Many even used video and camera mobile phones to capture the tragic scene at Stevenage railway station on Wednesday afternoon and text it to friends. And passengers on a 125 inter-city express train which was forced to stop at the station following the incident were even spotted leaving their carriages just to stare at the body and use their video mobiles to capture the tragedy, according to The Comet.

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