Melissa Rein Lively and Philipp Ostermann were charged after an incident at Bond Street Underground station last year

Melissa Rein Lively, 40, and a US national, has been charged with assault by beating while 37-year-old Philipp Ostermann faces two racially aggravated public order offences.

Melissa Rein Lively and Philipp Ostermann were charged after an incident at Bond Street Underground station last year