You said at the start that you actually had valid tickets for the journeys quoted, and gave a reason why you purchased an additional ticket as shown. If that is true then you should say so if you wish to reply, and provide any evidence you have.
I’m trying not to incriminate myself too much, is this better? What else could I add
What should I replace it with
Thanks I’ve swapped this around
Apart from that, is this enough to get an out of court? From what I’ve seen on here greater anglia do tend of offer them with compliance.
They know the power a guilty conscience exerts. The choice is of course for the OP to make. Reply and hope for a settlement to assuage their guilt or ignore and hope no further action is taken because the TOC has no / insufficient evidence to go to court with.
With them being described as a "money printing department", I imagine the overwhelming majority of people reply!
I’m feeling guilty and my anxiety is through the roof with this. I just want it gone tbf
If that’s the case I’m just happy it won’t escalate to court
You're playing a dangerous game even with that, because it makes it sound like you lied to them brazenly in your first email.
I only said I’m not sure what you mean, not revealing much
Your first email was clearly written from the mindset of someone who hadn’t done anything wrong. When clearly you knew you had.
Do you think they will offer a settlement then? That’s all I’m after. A criminal record would ruin my future
Yes. It is very likely.
As you’ve been told multiple times, there is basically no prospect of criminal conviction. The actions they’re taking in your case are not the actions they take when they have sufficient evidence to prosecute. In fact by admitting to what you did, you might even be increasing the chances of being prosecuted by giving them evidence where they had none.
Given you have made it clear you are keen to try and constructively resolve this with them (which is your choice given you have been clearly advised here on the options you have) then I think it's helpful to try to give advice to help you achieve your objective.
Yes, almost certainly in my view. They see much worse cases where they had clear evidence from the outset and still settle, rather than taking to court.
I don’t think they’ll mind, they know he was lying the first time, that’s why they wrote to him.
I agree, some posters seem to get too obsessed with the exact wording of every email, despite no evidence it makes any difference. In fact we have seen that when someone doesn't reply at all, the next email generally contains a settlement offer anyway.
Indeed. Which is a very good reason why it's not useful when posters ask for advice but aren't up front about what's actually happened, all it does is waste both parties' time.
I think it's relevant to return to this advice at this point.
Thanks - this is helpful as you took a different approach to the one people seem to take (ie ignore it) so we don't tend to know what happens to them (if anything)
That's a relief, at least it's out of your mind once paid. Thank you for returning to tell us.
