Recent content by Xarek

I certainly hope so. I shall simply state the facts about what happened, apologise for gross oversight and stupidity on my part, and offer to pay any administration costs and remuneration they require. I shall post here again when I receive the letter. Thanks to everyone for their input...

We had driven up earlier in the day. It doesn't seem like there will be any value to me fighting it anyway, I'll just have to admit wrongdoing and hope for a settlement out of court.

That is correct. I actually put the ticket through the gate and it didn't open, at which point the officer started to question me straight away. I'm annoyed about giving that answer now if they believe it denotes intent, but the last thing I wanted to do was lie! There is the group ticket...

I agree it probably won't be seen well. It's just a very unfortunate oversight on my part. I will certainly be trying to settle out of court. As it's my first offence I'm hoping they will be happy to do that.

At least that's something I know now to clear up if/when they ask me for my version of events. My statement as was written I think was "No, as I would not have realised my ticket was invalid".

I purchased the tickets in Epsom, and we travelled from Epsom to Waterloo. So it can definitely be confirmed I didn't travel from LHD to Waterloo.

I simply forgot we were in Epsom when I bought the tickets earlier that day, as I usually would have bought them from LHD.

Yes I over-rode from Epsom to LHD. The reason I stated I wouldn't have paid the fare was because I was unaware that my ticket was invalid. If the gate was open and I didn't have to use my ticket, I wouldn't have realised my ticket was invalid. The reason I stated that was to prove that there...

Last night I was questioned under caution after having an invalid ticket arriving at the station. After the interview I was told I would be receiving a letter from the train company. The details are as follows: I purchased a group ticket from Epsom to Waterloo for me and two colleagues. We...