A former Commonwealth boxing champion assaulted a female ticket inspector when he was caught travelling on the wrong train, a court has heard.
Wadi Camacho, 35, had been travelling from Birmingham to London when he was caught sitting in a first class carriage on the wrong train in November 2019.
The boxer, from Walthamstow, north east London, who had a standard class ticket for a later train, was told by a ticket inspector to leave at the next stop in Milton Keynes but Camacho refused and staff at Euston station were soon alerted.
However when confronted by ticket inspector Olya Muzyka at Euston, Camacho, who held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, pushed the employee out of the way in an attempt to flee the scene.
Today, the boxer, who now works as a Marks & Spencer security guard, was found guilty of assault after a trial at the City of London Magistrates’ Court and was conditionally discharged for two years.
Wadi Camacho (pictured outside court), 35, from Walthamstow, pushed a ticket inspector at Euston Station in London after he was found to have travelled in a first class carriage in the wrong train
He was ordered to pay £300 costs and £100 compensation to the victim.
During the trial, a court heard that Ms Muzyka had been waiting on the platform with a colleague for Camacho when she was pushed by him.
Ms Muzyka told the court: ‘He was walking towards my face like I didn’t exist and was not stopping, just moving forward.
‘I was walking backwards and he put his hand on me, on my elbow and pushed me to one side. It was not aggressive, but it was an unwanted touch and is still an assault.
‘There was an element of force and I lost my balance. He did move me out of the way, he did push me and did not have any intention to stop and just kept going.
‘I was knocked off balance, causing me to drop my equipment and was squashed into another passenger.
‘He completely ignored me. I was non-existent as a person.’
In her victim impact statement Ms Muzyka said: ‘This has left me intimidated by customers who are taller and larger than me and I feel more vulnerable because of this incident.’
The ticket inspector’s colleague Noah Young told the trial: ‘When Olya asked him for his ticket he laughed and walked away and pushed her out of the way with two hands.’
Ticket inspector Andrew Simpson, who initially confronted Camacho just before a stop in Milton Keynes, told the court: ‘It was the wrong train, wrong class, wrong time. He was unwilling to buy another ticket.’
Speaking about the assault he added: ‘He was not interested in talking to her and wanted to be on his way.
‘He physically pushed Olya out of the way to get past. She was shocked and is quite a bit smaller than the gentleman and said: ”Stop. That’s assault.”
‘He mumbled something and kept walking.’
Following the assault, nearby British Transport Police were alerted but Camacho initially refused to give his name, insisting he had paid his fare and had not done anything wrong.
Ticker inspector Olya Muzyka (outside court) had been waiting on the platform at Euston station when she was pushed by Camacho
Camacho (pictured in 2013), who held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, was found guilty of assault after a trial at the City of London Magistrates’ Court
He told the court he was only in the first class carriage to get food and was happy to pay the £10 upgrade to sit there, but not pay for the journey.
The boxer, who denied pushing Ms Muzyka on the platform, said: ‘I told the inspector I was not going to pay because I already had a ticket.’
He added: ‘She said something about being a ticket officer and I showed her my ticket and they said I had to pay for a new one.
‘I tried to move to the left and she had her arm extended and when I moved to the right she moved, so I went to the left and got past.
‘I know how to conduct myself, I know how to deal with people.’
District Judge Karim Ezzat told Camacho: ‘Even now you say you would not pay one pound more for your fare.
‘You were frustrated and you did push past although there was no great aggression to it.
‘All of the witnesses say you made contact with the complainant and I am sure you moved her.’