#1 Emma West "Tram woman" arrested for outburst

[Bev]

Originally Posted by andy

http://incourts.co.uk/Daily/Friday/Croydon.html

I did check court listings on Friday evening but didn't see her name then, either. The BR site has her case number and that didn't show anything.

So what happened? Did it not go ahead?

It's too much to ask that they finally dropped it, surely?

[dunotra]

Emma West pleads guilty to racially abusing passengers on Croydon tram

EMMA West has pleaded guilty to hurling racist abuse at passengers on a crowded Croydon tram.

The mother-of-two had maintained her innocence for nearly two years despite her rant being caught on camera and then watched by 11 million people after the video was posted on YouTube.

But at Croydon Crown Court yesterday (Monday) the 35-year-old dramatically changed her plea.

Her legal team had argued that West did not want to plead guilty for fear of being branded a racist.

Right wing groups such as the National Front and British National Party had adopted her cause after she was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence in November 2011.

West’s barrister said their support - including sending her flowers and cheques - had “greatly distressed” his client and led her try and take her own life.

Her deteriorating mental health led to concerns for her safety and that of her family, fears which were realised last month when she stabbed her husband Ricky Metson with a knife - while on bail - after he intervened in her latest attempt to self-harm.

Mr Metson suffered superficial injuries after incident at their home in Grenville Road, New Addington, on May 15.

The following day West appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in custody after pleading guilty to actual bodily harm and assaulting a police officer.

It was during a bail hearing in relation to this case that she changed her plea after both the prosecution and defence agreed to a compromise suggested by Judge Warwick McKinnon, the Recorder of Croydon, who had previously said the 20-month legal process was in danger of “spiraling out of control”.

West had denied racially aggravated intentional harassment on a tram travelling between Croydon and Wimbledon between September 30 and November 28, 2011.

However, she has now pleaded guilty to a lesser offence of racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress, which crucially does not include mention of ‘intent’.

Unlike the original charge, which may have led to a custodial sentence, this is a summary offence normally dealt with by a magistrates’ court by way of a fine.

Both guilty pleas can now be revealed after a reporting restriction preventing details of the tram incident from being published was lifted.

West’s trial had been adjourned five times, most recently on April 9, amid debate as to whether she was fit to stand.

Other hearings in June, July and then September last year were put back, as well as a scheduled trial date in January.

West, who has suffered from depression since she was 18, was admitted to a psychiatric ward in Foxley Lane, Purley, in September 2011.

Following her release she had been receiving support at the Tamworth Road Resource Centre, in West Croydon.

It was as West returned from one of these sessions with her four-year-old son that racially abused passengers in a packed tram.

Her barrister, David Martin-Sperry, told the court during an earlier hearing that she had taken double the recommended dose of antidepressant Citalopram which had caused her to have “unusual” ideas.

A passenger recorded her bemoaning the impact of immigration on “her Britain”.

On the video, called My Tram Experience, she turns to one commuter and says: “You aren’t English”

She then looks around the carriage and shouts: “None of you are ******* English. Get back to your own ******* countries.”

With her son in her arms, who can be seen playing with a toy, another passenger intervenes: “Excuse me dear, there are little kids on the tram.”

“So What? I’ve got a little kid here,” replies West, who then dares the woman, who is black, to throw her off the tram before shouting: “Go back to ******* Nicaragua, or wherever you come from.”

West added: “You aren’t British, you’re black.”

Still holding her child, West turns and points at the passengers behind her: “Someone’s got to talk up for these lot. Look, the whole ******* tram, look at them.”

Another passenger asks: “What’s wrong with that?”
The woman replies: “Because it’s all black and ******* brown people.”

West was arrested after the video was posted online on November 28. She was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.

A second charge was added after tram passenger Ena-May Eubanks complained West had punched her.

The prosecution is expected to offer no evidence to both charges after the compromise was struck.

West was bailed to return to Croydon Crown Court to be sentenced for the tram rant, and the assaults on her husband and the police officer, on July 1.

http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/...#axzz2VIWcag00

[Henry.]

Her deteriorating mental health led to concerns for her safety and that of her family, fears which were realised last month when she stabbed her husband Ricky Metson with a knife - while on bail - after he intervened in her latest attempt to self-harm.

Those whom the gods wish to destroy n all that.....

[Bev]

Poor woman. I hope she finds some peace.

[Henry.]

Originally Posted by Bev

Poor woman. I hope she finds some peace.

Well they got what they wanted. These methods were commonplace in the Soviet Union where they would often select public figures and even cultural icons for one of the many 'humbling' treatments available to state enforcers. Shostakovich is one such 'recipient' who springs to mind.

Contrast the persecution and crucifixion of Emma West with the disinterested, hands off approach to Anjem Choudary and nothing more needs to be said about their sole target and purpose of these attritional methods.

Constant erosion is the slow but steady way to victory for them, and Saturday afternoon specials outside Wetherspoons have no impact other than to create the illusion that there is an organised opposition now taking care of white mans' interests when in fact it is doing nothing of the sort.

[Bev]

Originally Posted by Henry.

Well they got what they wanted. These methods were commonplace in the Soviet Union where they would often select public figures and even cultural icons for one of the many 'humbling' treatments available to state enforcers. Shostakovich is one such 'recipient' who springs to mind.

Contrast the persecution and crucifixion of Emma West with the disinterested, hands off approach to Anjem Choudary and nothing more needs to be said about their sole target and purpose of these attritional methods.

Constant erosion is the slow but steady way to victory for them, and Saturday afternoon specials outside Wetherspoons have no impact other than to create the illusion that there is an organised opposition now taking care of white mans' interests when in fact it is doing nothing of the sort.

Well said. They hounded and hounded this poor woman despite knowing she was already emotionally fragile, they released her address, they locked her up before Christmas, they had her on the front page of every paper, they had her in court again and again and again - anyone that was emotionally strong to begin with would begin to crack under the treatment she got.

Who is going to speak out about immigration after seeing the way they treated her?

And of course now, they can attach "waycist" to "mentally ill".

[Bev]

The tram rant case and the assault cases were adjourned until June 24 pending pre-sentence reports.

Recorder of Croydon Judge Warwick Mckinnon indicated he would pass a community sentence for the three offences and will not face jail.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...18-MONTHS.html

[dunotra]

Recorder of Croydon Judge Warwick Mckinnon indicated he would pass a community sentence for the three offences and will not face jail.

She has all ready done a custodial sentence with all the time she has been locked up on remand.

[Bev]

Originally Posted by dunotra

She has all ready done a custodial sentence with all the time she has been locked up on remand.

Yes, but she has two additional charges on top.

[Cora McGuire]

How disappointing. I was hoping she would stick to her guns.
But I get it, the pressure to give in must have been unbearable.

[Brenna Wolf]

The same message being trumpeted in every White country.

"Keep your fecking mouth shut, White folk, or you will be next"

In America, we will even sic the IRS on you.

[dunotra]

Emma West Croydon tram race rant woman sentenced

A woman who was filmed shouting racist abuse on a London tram in a video watched by 11 million people has been given a community sentence.

Emma West, 34, of New Addington, admitted racially-aggravated disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment or distress at Croydon Crown Court.

West was filmed shouting racist abuse at passengers travelling on a tram between Croydon and Wimbledon.

She was bound over to keep the peace and handed a 24-month community order.

A judge said West was clearly suffering from mental health problems at the time of the outburst.

She received a mental health treatment order for assaulting a constable in a separate incident.

The court heard she was "reeking of alcohol" when she carried out the verbal attack.

Prosecutor Julius Capon said: "She in essence persecuted a number of passengers on the tram, subjecting them to some disgusting racial abuse."

The things she said included "you're not English", "none of you are English" and "get back to your own countries".

Mr Capon said many of the passengers were "upset" by West's behaviour.

"Some of them described themselves as being disgusted, shocked and horrified," he said.

David Martin-Sperry, defending West, said the defendant's offending was out of character, she was taking anti-depressants and she does not harbour any racist views.

Mr Martin-Sperry said she had unwittingly taken two and a half times the recommended dose and drunk a large glass of wine before launching the tirade.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23128956

"reeking of alcohol" on one glass of wine?

It's a good job they don't smell my breath then.

[Hugo Böse]

Originally Posted by dunotra

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23128956

She was bound over to keep the peace and handed a 24-month community order.

What´s a community order?

[dunotra]

Originally Posted by Hugo Böse

What´s a community order?

Offenders sentenced to a community order serve their whole sentence in the community rather than prison. But they could be sent to prison if they do not comply with the order.

More here: http://www.london-probation.org.uk/w...ity_order.aspx

[Hugo Böse]

Originally Posted by dunotra

More here: http://www.london-probation.org.uk/w...ity_order.aspx

24 months of community service for a truthful rant, fucking hell!

[Harrington]

24 months of Frankfurt Schooling thats what shes about to get

[karl]

Prosecutor Julius Capon said: "She in essence persecuted a number of passengers on the tram, subjecting them to some disgusting racial abuse."

The things she said included "you're not English", "none of you are English"

How disgustingly racist.

It seems Julius Capon believes their is something inherently 'better' about being English and everybody else is somehow 'lesser'. Otherwise telling somebody they're not English wouldn't be abusive. Get him in the dock

[Hugo Böse]

Man, I thought she was going to get a fine or at most a weekend of community service, two years of picking up trash and god knows what indignities is beyond excessive, it´s draconian.

[dunotra]

She said "you're not English", "none of you are English"

Mr Capon said many of the passengers were "upset" by West's behaviour...... All none English

Thank fuck I have moved to Holland ... I can still call a nigger a nigger here in the north... For now anyway.

[Bev]

Two years of having to show her very-well-known face on the street to pick up rubbish and clean graffiti and so on with everyone knowing who she is and what she's done.

I just hope to a non-existent god that the press leave her alone and that there is no publicity or front page stories about where she is and what she's doing. She's struggling to cope as it is without gangs jeering at her and trying to provoke her.