This has to be one of the dumbest reasons to be arrested. Charging your phone on a train should not be a crime…
Robin Lee was arrested on suspicion of ‘abstracting electricity’ after plugging his phone in to charge it when traveling from Hackney to Camden.
He accused British Transport police of being “overzealous” and “ridiculous” after he was arrested for charging his iPhone using a socket on a London Overground train.
Robin Lee, a 45-year-old artist based in Islington, was handcuffed and taken to a British Transport Police station on Caledonian Road after his arrest for “abstracting electricity”.
Lee was then arrested on a second offence of “unacceptable behaviour” after “becoming aggressive” when objecting to his prior arrest.
A police spokesman said a “decision on further action would be made in due course”.
Back at Camden Road station he was eventually de-arrested for stealing ≈0.052p of electricity but then re-arrested for ‘unacceptable behaviour’ before being released without charge.
Robin was allowed to collect his stuff and leave, with no charges brought against him.
H/T Metro
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