London Man Charges iPhone On Train, Gets Arrested

Next time you are visiting London and plan to board a train, make sure your phone is charged. For any attempts to charge the phone onboard, could land you in prison.

A 45-year Londoner, who plugged in his iPhone while travelling from Hackney Wick in London, was charged with 'pilfering' electricity and later arrested. According to New York Daily News, artist Robin Lee plugged the phone as it was running out of power. Abstracting electricity can earn a five-year sentence in UK.

When an officer noticed the artist, he apprehended him. While being led away, Lee remarked the police were being 'ridiculous' and 'overzealous' as he had used less than a penny's worth of electricity which the train produces. Lee was handcuffed and marched to the police base where the abstracting charges were dropped. He was later charged and arrested for criticizing officers.

""They were just having a slack day and they wanted someone to have a go at, and that's what came of it. They shouldn't have plugs on trains and expect you not to use them, or they should cover the plugs or something. To put it there and then arrest you for using it is ridiculous. The electricity on those trains is self-generated. It's a dynamo. Therefore, it's completely self-sufficient. It's not as if I'm nicking it," he said, according to The Telegraph.

The power sockets on trains have been provided for cleaners and not passengers, it was learnt.