Recent content by Macca80

I believe the admin error was definitely one of the reasons but I also attached to my letter over 4 years of invoices provided by my employers rail team highlighting that this was nothing more than a one off genuine mistake. I don't know whether this and to some extent that fact I was allowed...

Ok so I have had an email back from Northern Rails Prosecution Unit stating that they will not be taking the matter back to court. Additionally upon receipt of my correspondence and review of additional notes the matter is now closed. As a gesture of goodwill they are not even going to...

yes it is possible to have mail redirected, but when all my bank statements and dealings with utility companies are online there is no need to spend money and set up a redirection. Additionally, I provided a forwarding address so all the original correspondence should have got to me.

Thanks for everyone's advice, I have written to Northern Rail Prosecution Unit, informing them that I would like if possible to settle the matter with an out of court settlement, we shall see what happens. I will provide an update with the outcome

But this is my point, they have clearly offered me a route out before prosecution with the second letter sent being a fixed penalty, had I received this letter then that is all I would have been charged with, fact. I actually believe that having been able to provide an account of what...

I am not disputing that I travelled with an invalid ticket which was an honest mistake, I would plead guilty to the original offence, but I would plead not guilty to everything that has happened since. Worst case scenario as admitted and delivered by the prosecution unit themselves would have...

I will definitely be offering an out of court settlement to Northern Rail Prosecution unit and hope that common sense will prevail. However should it not and they wish to pursue via the courts, I am pretty sure based on conversations with them so far that the evidence they will put forward is...

I have managed to get some more information from the Prosecution unit at Northern Rail. I was sent the initial Valet Letter, followed by a fixed penalty of £80.00 plus £7.50 for the fare travelled. As a result of not being able to respond to either of these items of correspondence I am...

as much as I would love to take them on, the fact of the matter remains I travelled with an invalid ticket. I imagine that I would also have to have physical proof i.e. a witness statement or an actual confession from the guard at Bolton to go down the route of an authorised person giving me...

Not pleasant at all, considering the amount being asked for doesn't leave much change out of a £1000!! The prosecution unit employee I spoke too informed me that a valet letter had been sent to my old address on the 8th March, 13. Had I been able to respond to this and based on accounts I...

On the 29th Jan 14, I recently received a levy distress letter from Marston's regarding an unpaid fine. This came as a massive shock as I was completely unaware of any unpaid fines. I promptly got in touch with them and they informed me that it related to an unpaid train fare in Feb 2013, which...