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I wonder whom the family would blame if Georgia had died in some other way through the drink and drugs she consumed?

Georgia's so called friends deserve to serve a life sentence as they could have stopped it all happening if they had looked after her properly in the first place and made her go home and not to Liverpool. If she was that bad going to the clubs how bad was she going to become had she got into the clubs, a lot worse without doubt. If the clubs had refused her entry what would have happened then, it does not really bear thinking about, a pretty girl, drunk unable to help herself in Liverpool City Centre in the early hours of the morning.

The so called friends have found a very nice scapegoat thank you and will all persuade themselves that it was nothing to do with them as it was the guard who was responsible not them. Yeah right. They should be ashamed of themselves.

One simple question... Should she have got on the train at all ? ........ NO.

Well said .

Another simple question.

Should he have given the signal for the train to move? NO!

This can go on forever this thread needs closing out of respect for the parents as none off us where in the court to hear the full story without the full facts we are only speculating

But what about all the other people further up in this chain who could have prevented it -

Should the staff have refused her access to the station - yes.

Should her friends had taken more care of her - yes.

Should her family done more to warn her of the dangers of drugs and alcohol, especially combined - yes.

Should Georgia have not put drink and drugs in her mouth - yes.

joke, its ridiculous he went to jail, not his fault the kid couldnt handle her drink and took all kinds of drugs, as if he can be held responsible. Totally disgusting!

You only have to read the comments in the Liverpool echo to see what people think.

We all know this was wrong, let's hope something works out for the poor guy.

Perhaps the Facebook campaign group could get some stickers made up? It would certainly make the gate staff know the level of feeling and support for their fellow worker.

You're so right, she would have deserved to be attacked.

And it would have been her own fault, if she was drunk.

I've been following this thread for a while, and whilst I agree that the guard has a responsibility for the train, it is also true the he is not alone in the blame train (excuse the pun) that led to this tragedy.

Reading the papers throughout the UK the majority seem to support the guard, there have been a few that shout how he deserved it, but they all appear to know the young girl personally, so if somebody else has the blame, they don't need to shoulder any responsibility.

If everyone REALLY wants to show support for this man then it would need to be something that gets attention, and it could be something extremely simple.

No guard in their right mind now will allow a train to leave if some is standing too close to it, or even touching it. What is needed is a #touchthetrain demonstration.

If enough people get involved all they would have to do is stand on a platform with their hand on the train, or even just stand close to it, the guard isn't going to let it go, and if enough people around the country did it around the same time/same day, the domino effect of delays would throw the entire network into chaos.

It just depends if people are truly behind him and the inconvenience of the many gives support to the one.

Agree, but the people riding the bandwagon are making flags and stickers as we speak.

No they wouldn't because that would be gross negligence and may result in someones death........oh hang on

Gippy, I will ask the question that everyone seems to be avoiding. Are you family or a friend of Georgia?

I don't think anybody on this site has tried to say that the train guard did his job properly on the night that this beautiful young girl died.

IMHO I think a lot of people feel that he wasn't the ONLY person at fault. Yes, he had the final call, but everyone involved with Georgia on that fateful evening must be questioning themselves?

Please don't apportion all of the blame on one man.

Yes,tragically Georgia's family will always suffer from her loss but if you think that Christopher McGee and his family will ever be set free,you are very mistaken.He will also carry that burden for the rest of his life.That is his life sentence. Exo.