FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: EDITH FRAYNE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, PUSHING WOMAN ONTO SUBWAY TRKS

Accused TTC subway pusher appears in court for attempted murder...Edith Frayne, 45, is accused of pushing a woman onto the tracks at Bloor-Yonge Station on Sunday..............Edith Frayne, 45, was arrested Monday at 6:18 p.m. by Toronto Police at Finch GO Station.

The TTC said the arrest came after an employee recognized the woman, whose image was widely circulated by police after the incident Sunday night.

“The arrest was made possible due to the alert actions of an observant TTC employee working at Finch Station,” TTC spokesperson Stuart Green said.

“They immediately called Transit Control, who relayed information to Toronto Police.”

Cops say a 39-year-old woman was pushed onto the tracks Sunday just after 9 p.m. at Bloor-Yonge Station.......After landing on the track, the woman rolled under the platform into a space that allowed her to not get struck by an approaching train.

She suffered a broken rib in her fall and is being treated in hospital.

During Frayne’s brief court appearance, she spoke by telephone from 55 Division................Through duty counsel, her lawyer — Nick Xynnis — asked for more time to get disclosure from the Crown and to prepare for a bail hearing.

Frayne was ordered not to have any contact with the victim and is scheduled to return to College Park court on Apr. 27.

The shocking incident has reignited calls for platform barriers to be installed in TTC subway stations.