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Secretary told she faces jail after admitting champagne-fuelled racist rant on train that was filmed on YouTube
Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, abused passengers on the Central Line train
Film uploaded to YouTube has been watched 200,000 times
'I used to live in England and now I live in the United Nations,' she said
Sikh man on his way back from funeral who filmed it, said he put it on YouTube to ensure speedy justice
A drunken secretary has admitted hurling racist abuse at fellow passengers on the London Underground after a video of her appeared on the internet.
Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, directed a drunken, expletive-ridden rant at passengers on the Central Line between St Paul's and Mile End stations on January 23.
The court was told that Woodhouse had drunk an 'unknown' quantity of champagne at a retirement party before getting on the Tube at 11pm.
She now faces jail, after police launched an investigation into a seven-minute long video of the verbal assault that was uploaded to YouTube.
It has since been viewed more than 200,000 times.
Today at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Woodhouse, of Romford in Essex, admitted causing harassment alarm and distress to the Sikh man who filmed her - Galbant Singh Juttla.
The video clip begins with Woodhouse shouting in a thick Essex accent about 'foreign s*** heads'.
She turns to her passengers and asks: 'Where do you come from? Where do you come from? Where do you come from?
'I would like to know if any of you are illegal? I am sure like 30 per cent of you are.'
She then turns on the Pakistani man sitting next to her, who is singing his national anthem, and threatens to 'punch him in the face.'
'I wouldn't mind if you loved our country,' she adds.
She then turns to Mr Juttla's camera, as he assures her he would rather be listening to his music than to her.
'Oh look he's filming, hello,' she says. 'Hello government.'
She goes on: 'Why don't you tell me where you're from?'
He replies: 'I am British.'
She gets her phone out of her black handbag and looks as if she is filming him too.
Mr Juttla warns her: 'Watch what you are saying.'
She replies: 'I used to live in England and now I live in the United Nations.'
As he tells her to keep her mouth shut, informing her that she has had too much to drink, she becomes extremely agitated and starts screaming.
'It's not your country anyway so what's your problem?' she yells. 'It's been overtaken by people like you.'
The court heard that Mr Juttla decided to film Woodhouse after she started berating an unidentified black female. She then sat down between two men and began another barrage of abuse.
Prosecutor Claire Campbell told the court: 'She then leaned towards the gentleman sitting next to her and said 'I will have you arrested because you do not live here'.
'The male pushed her away and she fell on to the adjacent seat.
'She stated: "I hope you are not claiming benefits and I hope you pay your taxes".
'Mr Juttla responded: "I pay more taxes than you, love".
'Mr Juttla pulled the emergency alarm fearing an escalation of events and to enable her to be removed from the train.'
Single father of two Mr Juttla, from Ilford, Essex, had been attending a funeral of a close family friend that day.
Ms Campbell said Woodhouse went to Mile End police station following a media campaign.
Woodhouse told police she could not remember the rant but recognised it was her in the video.
She attended court today wearing a black suit and white shirt. She sat in the court with her brow furrowed and her head bowed as the magistrate was shown the video clip
Read more: Jacqueline Woodhouse: Racist London Underground passenger faces jail over YouTube rant | Mail Online
Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, abused passengers on the Central Line train
Film uploaded to YouTube has been watched 200,000 times
'I used to live in England and now I live in the United Nations,' she said
Sikh man on his way back from funeral who filmed it, said he put it on YouTube to ensure speedy justice
A drunken secretary has admitted hurling racist abuse at fellow passengers on the London Underground after a video of her appeared on the internet.
Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, directed a drunken, expletive-ridden rant at passengers on the Central Line between St Paul's and Mile End stations on January 23.
The court was told that Woodhouse had drunk an 'unknown' quantity of champagne at a retirement party before getting on the Tube at 11pm.
She now faces jail, after police launched an investigation into a seven-minute long video of the verbal assault that was uploaded to YouTube.
It has since been viewed more than 200,000 times.
Today at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Woodhouse, of Romford in Essex, admitted causing harassment alarm and distress to the Sikh man who filmed her - Galbant Singh Juttla.
The video clip begins with Woodhouse shouting in a thick Essex accent about 'foreign s*** heads'.
She turns to her passengers and asks: 'Where do you come from? Where do you come from? Where do you come from?
'I would like to know if any of you are illegal? I am sure like 30 per cent of you are.'
She then turns on the Pakistani man sitting next to her, who is singing his national anthem, and threatens to 'punch him in the face.'
'I wouldn't mind if you loved our country,' she adds.
She then turns to Mr Juttla's camera, as he assures her he would rather be listening to his music than to her.
'Oh look he's filming, hello,' she says. 'Hello government.'
She goes on: 'Why don't you tell me where you're from?'
He replies: 'I am British.'
She gets her phone out of her black handbag and looks as if she is filming him too.
Mr Juttla warns her: 'Watch what you are saying.'
She replies: 'I used to live in England and now I live in the United Nations.'
As he tells her to keep her mouth shut, informing her that she has had too much to drink, she becomes extremely agitated and starts screaming.
'It's not your country anyway so what's your problem?' she yells. 'It's been overtaken by people like you.'
The court heard that Mr Juttla decided to film Woodhouse after she started berating an unidentified black female. She then sat down between two men and began another barrage of abuse.
Prosecutor Claire Campbell told the court: 'She then leaned towards the gentleman sitting next to her and said 'I will have you arrested because you do not live here'.
'The male pushed her away and she fell on to the adjacent seat.
'She stated: "I hope you are not claiming benefits and I hope you pay your taxes".
'Mr Juttla responded: "I pay more taxes than you, love".
'Mr Juttla pulled the emergency alarm fearing an escalation of events and to enable her to be removed from the train.'
Single father of two Mr Juttla, from Ilford, Essex, had been attending a funeral of a close family friend that day.
Ms Campbell said Woodhouse went to Mile End police station following a media campaign.
Woodhouse told police she could not remember the rant but recognised it was her in the video.
She attended court today wearing a black suit and white shirt. She sat in the court with her brow furrowed and her head bowed as the magistrate was shown the video clip
Read more: Jacqueline Woodhouse: Racist London Underground passenger faces jail over YouTube rant | Mail Online
