Mark Hehir (62) was fired by Metroline after he chased down a thief who had stolen the jewellery belonging to one of his passengers, Katalin Kaszas.
Ms Kaszas (46) said that she felt “so guilty” after learning Mr Hehir had lost his job as a result of confronting the thief.
She told the Press Association: “When I was getting on the bus, a young man was getting off on the front door. He was running past me, I thought he was going to push me off the bus. He just grabbed my necklace and ran with it.
“I was like, ‘Why is he there, where is my necklace? Oh damn’. So that’s when I realised what just happened. I saw Mark running out, running after the guy.”
But after Mr Hehir, who worked in…