A WOMAN was fined £1,500 after a furious tirade at a fellow commuter eating smelly eggs on a busy rush-hour train.

Samantha Mead, 50, confronted Erika Stoter when she tucked into her boiled breakfast, a court heard today.

4 Samantha Mead, 50, was furious when a fellow commuter tucked into boiled eggs on the morning train to London Credit: Facebook

4 Erika Stoter said she felt intimidated by Mead's actions Credit: Facebook

Victim Ms Stoter told a judge how she was left feeling "scared" after Mead allegedly said "you don't know who I am...be careful".

City worker Mead put on a "bad face" when Ms Stoter opened her box and started to eat the eggs on the 6am train from Chelmsford, Essex to Liverpool Street, central London.

The victim said she gestured with a shrug of her shoulders to Mead that she was apologetic.

But the 50-year-old "quickly and aggressively" moved towards her and leaned into her face, the London Evening Standard reported.

Ms Stoter, who is originally from South America, told Blackfriars Crown Court: "The woman asked me if I spoke English and I said no because I was scared and confused.

You don't know who I am...be careful Furious Samantha Mead, 50

"I thought she would stop...she said, 'You are disgusting'."

She alleged Mead threatened her, saying: "You don't know who I am...be careful. Do you want to go outside?"

Ms Stoter told the jury she said to Mead: "Don't you think you are quite old to be doing these kind of things?"

The victim said she had to eat the boiled eggs on the train because she needed to have them at a particular time because of her diet.

She reported the egg spat to cops after getting off the train but Mead had already left the station.

However she saw her on the train five days later and contacted police again, who then quizzed the 50-year-old.

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Mead told the court she had been taking tablets for a medical condition and the stench of the eggs made her feel sick.

She said she had called Ms Stoter's smelly breakfast "disgusting" rather than the victim herself.

Mead, from Manningtree in Essex, was found guilty of one charge of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress.

She was fined £750 and ordered to pay £750 in compensation.

4 Mead was found guilty of one charge of intentionally causing harassment Credit: Evening Standard

4 Mead was fined £750 and ordered to pay £750 in compensation Credit: Facebook

She was cleared of a racially aggravated public order offence.