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| Woman charged with offensive language over Sydney train tirade | Woman charged with offensive language over Sydney train tirade |
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| A woman who let loose with a torrent of racial abuse against an | A woman who let loose with a torrent of racial abuse against an |
| innocent Asian woman on a Sydney train has been charged with using | innocent Asian woman on a Sydney train has been charged with using |
| offensive language. | offensive language. |
| The 55-year-old woman, Sue Wilkins, mocked the language and | The 55-year-old woman, Sue Wilkins, mocked the language and |
| facial features of the other passenger on a Sydney to Newcastle train on | facial features of the other passenger on a Sydney to Newcastle train on |
| Wednesday. | Wednesday. |
| After she caused a scene inside the carriage, police first spoke | After she caused a scene inside the carriage, police first spoke |
| to Wilkins on Wednesday when she got off at Strathfield in Sydney's | to Wilkins on Wednesday when she got off at Strathfield in Sydney's |
| west. | west. |
| She was later arrested at Wyong station on the Central Coast, and was issued a summons for offensive language. | She was later arrested at Wyong station on the Central Coast, and was issued a summons for offensive language. |
| After video of the attack went viral, Wilkins told the Nine Network she just had a "brain snap" and couldn't stop. | After video of the attack went viral, Wilkins told the Nine Network she just had a "brain snap" and couldn't stop. |
| "I was just getting all this anger out at anybody that would be near me, anybody at all," Ms Wilkins said on Thursday. "No one deserves to be spoken to like that..." | |
| If found guilty of offensive behaviour, she faces a $500 fine. | If found guilty of offensive behaviour, she faces a $500 fine. |