Operations manager Alina Gioroc, who had heard the disciplinary case, told the tribunal she believed “that the (man) returned towards the bus with the clear intention to apologise and shake hands with the female passenger”.

Gioroc continued: “When the (man) intended to shake hands with the claimant, the claimant pushed the (man) away rather than stepping away himself, and the (man) had not been aggressive until this point.”

Wait so let me get this straight. A man steals a necklace, legs it, gets chased down and stopped by the bus driver, then returns to the bus to… shake hands? Wut? Is this the fucking playground?