Recent content by SimonF

Yes I can see that, although it would allow no room for inadvertent errors. Is the offence cited there criminal or civil? Can any company create such an offence? You could also argue, reduction ab absurdum, that just purchasing an incorrect ticket amounted to attempting to travel; there is...

Yes, they let him travel then to London on the next train. He was with a group of friends, and says they were all witness to what happened at the ticket barrier.

thanks again. Just spoke to my son. He is quite level headed. He bought his ticked in the station on his friend's phone within an app. His friend passed through the barriers, where the inspector was, then passed back the phone for my son to present. That's when the ticket inspector noted the...

Yes - many thanks all. I really appreciate these posts. I have accepted all along that my son's account might be unreliable or dishonest. What led me to these forums was the total unwillingness of the Prosecutions department at Great Western Railway to engage in debate with me about these...

Thanks for those responses. I understand that the excuse may be one frequently used by fare dodgers, but that does not make everyone a criminal automatically. The implication from the above advice from Fare-Cop, for which my thanks, seems to be that if anyone has ever made a genuine mistake they...

I would welcome advice. My 16 year old son was issued an unpaid fare notice for £109 (the cost of a full fare standard single), due now to be paid by 25th October (I have queried aspects, so I have been granted an extension). My son, Alex, presented his ticket at the barrier and had not yet...