Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I werohia a Martin Pickering i te uma e tētahi kaihautū pahi i muri i tana taupatupatu mo te utu o te tīkiti i a ia e haere ana me ana tamahine tokorua. I mahue he tohu i te papa-a-rua i muri i tana eke ki te pahi me ana tamahine tokorua, a, ka werohia ia e te taraiwa i a raua e tohe ana mo te utu o te haerenga. I ngana a Martin Pickering, 38, ki te tango whakaahua i te taraiwa o te pahi Arriva i Derby i eke ia i muri i tana kore ki te tuku i tona ingoa ki a ia i te wa i uiui ai a Mr Pickering ki a ia mo te utu mo te haerenga mo ia me ana tamahine, e ono me te waru tau te pakeke. Engari i tino riri te taraiwa i te whakamātau a Mr Pickering ki te tango whakaahua, ā, ka rere atu ki a ia, ka kōpeke i ōna niho ki tōna uma. Ko tā Mr Pickering, e 6ft 10ins te roa, 'Ka eke koe ki runga i tētahi pahi kāore koe e tūmanako ka mutu koe hei kai mā tētahi. 'Ko te tikanga, ko wai e kai ana i te tangata? I tino miharo ahau. Kāore i taea e au te whakapono i tupu tēnei.' Kua whakatupatohia te taraiwa o te pahi papa rua e te pirihimana, ā, kua whakawhiwhia a Mr Pickering ki tētahi whakataunga i waho o te kōti. I hoki mai a Mr Pickering i tētahi rā i Derby me ana tamahine, ki tōna kāinga i te taha o waho o te taone. E kii ana ia i utu te taraiwa i te pahi nama 45 ki a ia mo te £ 1.50 neke atu mo te haerenga atu i te mea i utua e ia mo nga tiikiti i te huarahi ki te taone. I tono a Mr Pickering i ana tamahine kia noho ki te papa o runga, kātahi ka kī ia i whakamātau ia ki te whakamārama i te taraiwa i kore ai ia e whakamārama. Ka mea ia: 'I utua ahau e ia he utu rerekē mai i te huarahi ki te taone. 'I ui ahau ki a ia mo te whakamārama, engari kihai i taea e ia te hoatu ki ahau tetahi, a ko te noa te maunu me te momona. I utua ki a Mr Pickering he whakataunga i waho o te kooti mo te £ 1,500 i muri i te tukinga o te taraiwa pahi ki a ia, a ka haea ia. 'I ui ahau ki a ia mō ana taipitopito engari kihai ia i tino mea tetahi mea. 'Kāore au i kite i tōna tohu, nō reira ka tangohia e au taku waea, ā, ka whakaaro ahau ki a au anō, he pai tonu te whakaahua i a ia hei kawe atu ki te kamupene. Engari i whakawetohia e ia te miihini, ka whakaweto i nga rama o te pahi, a ka tiimata tana...
I eke a Martin Pickering ki te pahi Arriva i Derby me ana tamahine tokorua. I patai ia ki te utu o te tīkiti me te kerēme i kore te kaihautū pahi e whakautu. Kaore te kaihautū i whakaae ki te tuku i tōna ingoa nō reira i whakamātau a Mr Pickering ki te whakaahua i a ia. I rere atu te kaihautū pahi ki te matua o ngā tamariki tokorua, ā, i werohia ōna niho ki tōna uma. I eke te pirihimana ki te pahi, ka hopukina, ka whakatupato hoki i te taraiwa mo te whakaeke. I whakawhiwhia a Mr Pickering ki te £ 1,500 i waho o te kōti mō te whakaeke.