Fare dodger with a foul mouth
IGNORED REQUEST FOR TICKET THEN PUSHED OUT
AN angry fare-dodger barged a Metro worker into railings and shouted obscenities when asked to produce her ticket.
Stacey Robinson was walking through Newcastle Central Station Metro Station during the first national coronavirus lockdown back in April last year when she was approached by a member of Nexus staff.
The 29-year-old was asked to show her ticket for travelling but ignored the request and tried to walk away and down some escalators, a court heard.
However, she flew into a rage when she was followed, prompting her to assault the worker and shout “c***”.
The whole incident was captured on CCTV and Robinson, of Kirkston Avenue, in Lemington, Newcastle, was arrested.
She appeared before North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where she pleaded guilty to assault by beating and a separate charge of possession of cannabis.
Rebecca Slade, prosecuting, said Robinson was walking through the Metro station at around 3.45pm on April 27 last year.
“A customer service adviser asked the defendant to present a ticket,” Miss Slade continued. “She ignored her and carried on down some escalators.
“The worker followed her down the escalator. She continued to try and engage with the defendant and asked her to show a ticket.
“The defendant turned around and walked towards the worker and barged into her, sending her into some railings. She then called her a c **** . This caused minor injuries to the worker.”
Mrs Gibson said the cannabis offence involved Robinson being found in possession of a small amount of the drug on Westmorland Road, in Newcastle, on April 11 last year.
The court heard that, since the Metro worker assault, Robinson had been given a suspended sentence for a more serious attack on a shop worker.
As previously reported in The Chronicle, on that occasion Robinson pulled out clumps of the victim’s hair and punched her near a Newcastle city centre bar.
Alanna Wesencraft, mitigating, said Robinson, who already owes the court more than £6,000, was remorseful and had pleaded guilty.
She added: “Miss Robinson had suffered the bereavement of a parent and had other mental health difficulties and was doing things she probably shouldn’t have been.”
Robinson was ordered to pay the victim £200 compensation and was given an absolute discharge for the cannabis offence.