Recent content by drwhoru

good morning all! first of all thank you to everyone who offered advise and opinion on this, and apologies that i did not post a response on the outcome. after receiving a court summons i contacted the FCC prosecutions department directly and discussed the options. they suggested they...

Hi all I was contacted some time ago about an intention to prosecute and wondered if franchise change from FCC to great Western would have any effect on this? Thanks

my wife has been urging me to fight it and i am now tempted to go down this route, as i know i've done nothing wrong. from the point of view of my statement i agree by and large with the events they described, they make no mention of any evidence (do they need to supply this to me in advance of...

Hi all I have received notice of intention to prosecute for enterin a train for the purpose of travelling without a ticket entitling travel And Altering a ticket with intent I've been asked to tell them what happened from my point of view.

Hello there, I have been charged with the same offence. Can I ask what the outcome was in your case. Thanks in advance. DW

the ticket was not placed into a bag in my presence. the inspector took the ticket and took some notes from it and then placed it into his shirt pocket. something else that may be pertinent is that after he cautioned me he asked me a few questions and made a note of my responses on a form, i...

but is this the view a court will take? i think there are numerous arguments you could use to justify why a ticket appears to be altered, but at the end of the day a magistrate will decide either way and make their ruling. does anyone know what the difference in penalty would be for someone...

thanks for your comments, i am in part reassured that the testing takes into account the "wear and tear" a ticket in a wallet may pick up and that it will not be a case of taking it to court on the observation of one inspector. i've not received anything from FCC but imagine this could take a...

thanks marlowdonkey. i read through the notes but couldn't find their resolution. it appears as though if there is anything other than a perfectly written and clear ticket you can imply tampering. does anyone know if you can contact FCC directly (without going through a solicitor) and...

Hi All, i am a regular user of carnet tickets on the FCC franchise and for the most part i've never had any trouble. as i frequently use the same route i am also familiar to a lot of the inspection staff and as the tickets do not operate the machines at my station i need to write them out...