Recent content by SussexMan

Invariably they will settle out of court - but it may help in any communication that you accept the seriousness. You violated the rules on one occasion and then you violated the rules another 39 times. That is serial offending, not a one off offence.

I doubt it will cause an issue but data protection legislation doesn't permit you to have data about other people so to say, "it wasn't me" and at the same time to request the CCTV images they have, doesn't make sense.

Provided you engage with them, based on the cases seen on this forum, there's a 0% chance of them prosecuting. They will agree a settlement. But you must engage so it is essential that you receive the letter you will be sent.

Maybe you need to check what you have received. To have received an SJPN within 7 days seems very quick.

Are you really saying that someone with high level security clearance only has to report prosecutions to their employer? Are you certain that you are not under an obligation to report these events to your employer, whether or not it leads to a prosecution? I'm sure high level security...

Well if you are saying that it wasn't you, they certainly won't provide you with an image of the person being stopped as you have no right to it.

Why would you be mortified if you haven't broken the rules? You say you didn't renew your railcard when it expired and at the same time you didn't use it after it had expired. I'm sorry, but I just do not understand your post. Why would you want to tell SWR that you didn't renew your...

Some retailers do "automatic renewal". Really? I trust they don't once you hit the age limit for an upper age restricted card, e.g. 16/17. 16/25. 26/30. Which retailers out of interest?

You are suggesting that you either 1) Say sorry, you inadvertently forgot that it had expired 2) Blame someone else for not telling you that the one year railcard which you knowingly bought as a one year railcard had expired, and putting a reminder on your phone isn't something you should have...

A few points... From my memory of other posts, the amount you have been quoted by the solicitor is higher than amounts other people have paid so definitely worth contacting the other ones referenced in post 9. I don't understand the comment "and still paying for my oyster in the period I was...

Sorry, but I don't follow. We know the OP travelled from Gatwick to Brighton. We know the OP didn't have a ticket covering the entire journey. What am I missing?

It may be how you have phrased it but that could come across as "I regularly pay the full fare (but not always)". (Or you could mean regularly because you travel regularly - and always pay your fare) What is there to settle if you have not done anything wrong? Seems a very strange response...

Just put the cash into a bank account, or arrange to give it to a family member who is happy to have cash and they do a bank transfer to you.

What did you say in the email to them? Copy and paste it removing anything that identifies you.

You have previously travelled without a valid ticket and been given a Penalty Fare but clearly this was insufficient to dissuade you from continuing to commit criminal acts of not paying the correct fare. You maybe stressed about the situation but you have created the problem yourself. Having...