Shocking footage has emerged of a woman verbally abusing a man on a packed London bus.

In the video, filmed on Tuesday on the number 55 bus, the woman can be seen shouting at the man, telling him he "needs help," among other things.

According to the filmer, the woman also had a child with her.

She later wrote online: "She started hurling abuse at him and kept having a go at the man, who eventually stopped retaliating after realising she has a child with her.

"She kept on whilst everyone on the bus sat in silence, shocked."

A verbally abusive woman on the 55 London bus. She had a child with her who was no older than 5 and she first started being verbally abusive to a person on the bus who had bad body odour, instead of walking away she started shouting out to the bus and shaming the person in front of a packed bus. She then went on to be abusive to a different man - a regular on the 55 who clearly has a mental disorder of some sort, he talks to himself alot and out loud. She started hurling abuse at him and kept having a go at the man who eventually stopped retaliating after realising she has a child with her. She kept on whilst everyone on the bus sat in silence - shocked.