Police Probe As 'Fat' Cards Dished Out On Tube

Police are investigating reports that female passengers on the Tube have been handed printed cards saying they are "fat" and "ugly".

Kara Florish claimed she had been given one such a card and called it "hateful, cowardly and could potentially upset people struggling with their confidence".

Ms Florish, from Southend-on-Sea, posted a couple of photos on social media of the note, with one picture containing the word "fat" in bold lettering.

A second picture, headed "Overweight Haters Ltd", reads: "It's really not glandular, it's your gluttony...

"Our organisation hates and resents fat people. We object to the enormous amount of food resources you consume while half the world starves."

"We disapprove of your wasting NHS money to treat your selfish greed. And we do not understand why you fail to grasp that by eating less you will be better off, slimmer, happy and find a partner who is not a perverted chubby-lover, or even find a partner at all.

"We also object that the beatiful pig is used as an insult. You are not a pig. You are a fat, ugly human."

Officers are appealing for people who have received the leaflets to contact them and London Underground bosses said the anti-social behaviour was "sad and unpleasant".

In another social media post, Ms Florish said she wanted people to share the note to express their outrage.

"I am not upset myself, I am smaller than the national average and not exactly obese, but this is hateful and cowardly and could potentially upset people struggling with confidence and eating disorders.

"Please tweet and share this if you are also outraged. Plus - to the person who wrote this card, go back to school, you can't spell beautiful."

Another passenger, Sean Thomas Knox, said on Twitter he saw a girl apparently being given the same card.

He tweeted: "Young man just got on train at Oxford Circus, gave printed card saying YOU'RE FAT to overweight girl. He jumped off. She read it, & cried."

Mr Knox called it a "random act of pointless cruelty" and described the man as a "hipster, smartly, trendily dressed" and with a beard.

A spokesman for British Transport Police (BTP) said: "We are aware of the leaflets being handed out on London Underground and would urge anyone who has received one to contact us on 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016 with details."

Steve Burton, from Transport for London, which runs the Tube, said: "All of our customers have the right to travel with confidence, and this sad and unpleasant form of anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated."