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		</div><p>A Costa Coffee customer who was not allowed to buy food for a homeless man has branded the incident a &#8220;disgrace&#8221;.</p>
<p>Adrian Pinsent tried to buy a sandwich and a soft drink at the coffee shop chain in London&#8217;s Waterloo station but was refused by a member of staff.</p>
<p>In a video of the incident, the barista said Costa could be prosecuted by station security and the police if it sold food for a homeless person.</p>
<p>But it has since emerged that neither Network Rail, which manages Waterloo station, or British Transport Police have such a policy in place.</p>
<p>Mr Pinsent, a TV cameraman from Walton-on-Thames, told the Press Association: <i>&#8220;It was an utter disgrace.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/UKtrainpolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UKtrainpolice</a> is there any truth in this video <a href="https://twitter.com/CostaCoffee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CostaCoffee</a> in Waterloo? Prosecute for buying food for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/homeless?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#homeless</a>? <a href="https://t.co/ApiVvlN3zU">pic.twitter.com/ApiVvlN3zU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Adrian Pinsent (@Filmquotebloke) <a href="https://twitter.com/Filmquotebloke/status/887093890863517697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I asked (the homeless man) to pick what he wanted, a sarnie and a Pepsi, and when I tried to pay for it, they refused.</p>
<p>&#8220;This argument went on for some time before I filmed the video.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was amazed. As a cameraman and journalist myself, I know that the idea of Costa being prosecuted by either the police or station security as the barista says is utterly wrong.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>In the footage, posted on Twitter and Facebook, the barista says: <i>&#8220;I&#8217;m really sorry, Sir. I cannot.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Mr Pinsent, 40, says &#8220;this is unbelievable&#8221;, before leaving a £10 note on the counter and taking the food anyway.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for Costa said: <i>&#8220;We do not have a policy that restricts customers purchasing food for anyone who is homeless.</p>
<p>&#8220;We believe the store was given misinformation, which has now been corrected.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>A spokesman for Network Rail said: <i>&#8220;We do not have a policy against passengers buying food in our stations and giving the food to anyone who is homeless.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will be asking our retailers to remind their staff of this, so we can avoid any incidents such as this in the future.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>British Transport Police said &#8220;of course&#8221; they would not prosecute anyone for buying food for a homeless person.</p>
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