London: A woman who hurled racist abuse at an Asian-origin man on the London Underground is likely to be jailed after admitting her offence. The police had launched an investigation after a video of the incident went viral on the Internet.
The incident occurred on the Central Line between St Paul's and Mile End stations on January 23 when Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, apparently in an inebriated state, lashed out against fellow passengers with expletives.
Today, at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Ms Woodhouse, of Romford in Essex, admitted causing harassment alarm and distress to the victim, Galbant Singh Juttla, who filmed her.
Ms Woodhouse is due to be sentenced on May 29.
When Mr Juttla told her to be quiet as she had had too much to drink, she became extremely agitated and started screaming: "It's not your country anyway so what's your problem... It's been overtaken by people like you".
Ms Campbell said that Ms Juttla then pulled the emergency alarm fearing an escalation of events and to enable her to be removed from the train.
Ms Woodhouse told the police she could not remember the rant but recognised it was her in the video.
Outside the court, Mr Juttla said: "I found it very distressing. I uploaded it to YouTube because I thought that was the fast-track process to catching this person.
He added: "My kids have seen the video and they are disgusted by it. They don't expect someone to shout abuse at their dad."
The incident occurred on the Central Line between St Paul's and Mile End stations on January 23 when Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, apparently in an inebriated state, lashed out against fellow passengers with expletives.
Today, at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Ms Woodhouse, of Romford in Essex, admitted causing harassment alarm and distress to the victim, Galbant Singh Juttla, who filmed her.
Ms Woodhouse is due to be sentenced on May 29.
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When Mr Juttla told her to be quiet as she had had too much to drink, she became extremely agitated and started screaming: "It's not your country anyway so what's your problem... It's been overtaken by people like you".
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Ms Campbell said that Ms Juttla then pulled the emergency alarm fearing an escalation of events and to enable her to be removed from the train.
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Ms Woodhouse told the police she could not remember the rant but recognised it was her in the video.
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Outside the court, Mr Juttla said: "I found it very distressing. I uploaded it to YouTube because I thought that was the fast-track process to catching this person.
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He added: "My kids have seen the video and they are disgusted by it. They don't expect someone to shout abuse at their dad."
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