Samantha Mead, 50, said the eggs made her feel nauseous during her commute (Picture: Evening Standard / eyevine)

A woman has been fined £1,500 after she screamed at a fellow commuter for eating boiled eggs on a rush-hour train.

Samantha Mead, 50, was accused of putting on a ‘bad face’ when Erika Stoter opened the Tupperware box of eggs during a 6am train journey from Chelmsford, Essex, to Liverpool Street in London.

She then moved towards Ms Stoter ‘quickly and aggressively’ and leaned into her face, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.

Ms Stoter, originally from South America, said: ‘The woman asked me if I spoke English and I said no because I was scared and confused.


‘I thought she would stop. She said: “You are disgusting”.’



She claimed a fellow commuter had previously complained about her food and she had closed the box of eggs to try and stop the smell.

Erika Stoter said she felt threatened when she was confronted about her smelly eggs

The jury heard that Mead also threatened Ms Stoter, telling her: ‘You don’t know who I am. Be careful Do you want to go outside?’

Ms Stoter told the jury she responded: ‘Don’t you think you are quite old to be doing these kind of things?’

The court heard she had to eat the boiled eggs on the train as her diet requires she eats them at a particular time of the day.

She told the police about the incident when she got off the train, but Mead had already left the station.

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However five days later on September 10, she spotted the City worker during her commute again and she was stopped by police.

Mead told the court Ms Stoter’s breakfast had made her feel nauseous due to medication she is taking for a health condition.

The court heard she called the eggs disgusting, rather than the commuter herself.

Mead was cleared of a racially aggravated public order offence, but found guilty of one charge of intentionally causing harassment, alarm or distress.

She was ordered to pay a £750 fine and £750 in compensation.

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