NSW bus passenger charged over racist rant

NSW police say a woman accused of spitting at and hitting people at several public transport hubs across Sydney has been charged.

Pedestrians pass a bus on George Street

A woman filmed allegedly racially abusing another woman on a Sydney bus has been charged. (AAP)

A woman filmed allegedly racially abusing another woman on a Sydney bus has been charged over a series of race-related incidents on buses and trains across the city.

The 55-year-old was charged with six counts of common assault and two of using offensive language after spitting on a teenage girl as she boarded a train at Parramatta on Friday morning, police say.

She also allegedly spat at several others at Edgecliff, Bondi and Hornsby and was on Wednesday filmed hurling racist abuse at Chinese-Australian bus passenger Lindsay Li.

She is due before Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday.


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