Shropshire Star

Police asked to consider dropping prosecution of young woman who tried to kill herself

Police are being asked to consider cautioning a woman instead of prosecuting her, after she was found trespassing on a railway line in a bid to kill herself.

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The case against the 20-year-old was brought before Telford Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The court heard that the young woman, who the Shropshire Star is choosing not to name, had been seen on the tracks in Shrewsbury on June 26.

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