A lady has appeared in courtroom charged with strolling the “mistaken approach” on a railway station escalator.
Michaela Copeland, 32, was charged with “strolling on an escalator within the mistaken route” on the TFL regional railway community in Greenwich on Nov. 27.
It’s alleged Copeland “used or tried to make use of an escalator aside from by standing or strolling on it within the route meant for journey.”
It isn’t identified whether or not she allegedly tried to go up the down escalator or down the up shifting staircase.
Railway byelaws make it an offence to stroll on an escalator within the mistaken route.
Anybody in breach of the legislation may be fined as much as $1,300.
Copeland appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court docket on November 28, the place she pleaded not responsible to the offence.
Copeland, from Bermondsey, south east London, was pictured outdoors courtroom utilizing crutches.
A trial, estimated to take three hours, will now happen in April.
