A woman who was hunted by police after bursting into a train driver's cab has defended her actions.
British Transport Police (BTP) to find the Mansfield mum-of-two after she allegedly verbally "abused" the train driver, telling him to get the train moving.
The incident happened at Hucknall station while the train was stationary at about 9.20pm on Saturday, June 29.
The Sun has spoken to the woman, Becki Buchanan, 31, who said she and her fellow passengers had been "left like animals" as temperatures on the packed train reached 35C.
She said passengers were particularly worried about one male passenger who was close to passing out from the heat.
Becki told The Sun Online: "It was the last train and clearly way over capacity and there was a fault on the line we weren't aware of at the time.
"A guy behind me looked like he was minutes from passing out and people were clearly worried about him as there was no air conditioning or ventilation at all.
"I knocked on the door and there was no answer and people started panicking a bit more wondering if the driver was OK as we hadn't got a tannoy announcement the whole time we were sat there.
"Everyone was squashed against each other and it was like a sweatbox so I knocked again and forced my way into the cab."
She said the driver then shouted at her, which led to her shouting back at him in a "state of panic".
She said: "Eventually the train did move the 500 yards and I thought that was the end of it until I saw the appeal.
"I'm not a thug, I'm a just a normal mum-of-two.
"People get prosecuted for leaving dogs in a hot car yet we were left there soaked through our clothes with sweat for an hour like animals without even a message on the tannoy letting us know what was happening.
"I'm not ashamed of what happened, the driver should be."
BTP said in a statement: "She is currently helping officers with their enquiries and we are not looking to identify anyone else in connection.
"Thank you to the media for their support in sharing our appeal."
