ANY stout-hearted person would have done the same. Adam Duxbury saw a youth harassing an elderly couple and he stepped in to remonstrate.

And for doing what was right, student Adam received a savage beating from the youth, who had been pushing in at a bus stop in York in broad daylight.

Sadly, Adam will probably think twice before playing the Good Samaritan again. What a sad lesson to learn.

Updated: 10:53 Monday, November 01, 2004