It is not the sort of allegation that you’d think would land you in court.

One commuter has appeared in court charged with walking the ‘wrong way’ on a station escalator.

Michaela Copeland, 32, stands accused of ‘walking on an escalator in the wrong direction’ on the Transport for London regional railway network in Greenwich on November 27.

She is alleged to have ‘used or attempted to use an escalator other than by standing or walking on it in the direction intended for travel’.

It is not known whether she is accused of going up a down escalator or down an up moving escalator.

The obscure crime comes from railway byelaws, which make it an offence to walk on an escalator in the wrong direction.

The fine for those breaking the law can reach up to £1,000.

Ms Copeland pleaded not gu

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