A man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing a passenger in front of a tube train in London.
Alan Alencar, 29, approached the man from behind before shoving him in the back with both hands as the vehicle pulled into the platform on Thursday evening, Westminster magistrates court heard.
The victim, who British Transport Police say is in his 50s, was seriously injured when the westbound District Line train ran into him at Bayswater station in central London at around 5pm.
The driver braked but the man still had to be taken to hospital after he crawled out from underneath the carriage.
Alencar, from Edinburgh, is alleged to have walked away after the incident. During the hearing on Saturday, he spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth, but his defence counsel indicated that he intended to plead not guilty.
The district judge Tan Ikram said there had been no bail application and ordered Alencar to appear at Blackfriars crown court on 1 December.
Services on the District and Circle lines were disrupted while emergency services attended the incident.
