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Slight update with this, it has now been 4 weeks since the incident & I have not heard anything. I was told at the time my first letter would be received "within 3-4 weeks". I've read on here that it can take them up to six months to send one through? Is this correct?

This is a possibility. There was a huge number of plain clothes ticket inspectors there, people were getting pulled over left right and centre. It looked more like it was a planned operation and they were catching people out. Obviously I’ll never know for sure. I know I’m bang to rights, and...

Well there goes this theory down the pan! Thanks for the advice!

Interesting, I only ever used paper tickets for this reason, I knew Oysters would be trackable. Because my daily routine changed when I told them my evading began (start of the year when I started at the gym ((admittedly this only occurred to me this afternoon)) will this make it harder to...

I've been going the gym in the morning's (exiting at Cannon St 99% of the time) since Jan ( Just over 5 months). Before this I would come in later and go to work using different stations. In the evenings I can go to one of three stations leaving London and one of four stations to get home. I...

But how do they calculate this? I've said I evaded for 5 months but they could potentially prove it's been longer, what I'm wondering now is how would they do this? Can they do this? Its all been paper tickets as opposed to an Oyster Card, all of which are now in the bin. I'm preparing for a...

Does anybody know how they backdate the fines by the way? Besides my confession how can they prove I was fare evading for a long period of time?

I initially said I came from London Bridge to Cannon St. They put the pressure on and said something like "Are you sure thats the truth? We can run your ticket and check" At that point I just started fessing up. Agreed, if they pull me up on it being 2 years I will fess up, I'm unsure whether...

If this is the case, am I able to plead guilty by post? The officer yesterday mentioned this was an option. It's annoying its such a long drawn out process. Ideally I'd like to pay the fine asap and move on, however it looks like this wont be the case.

Apologies, I meant no harm. I realise I've screwed up and will ultimately be the one paying the price. I'm not looking for ways to avoid the fine- the fine is a given at this point.

I'm preparing for a big fine, most likely north of £1000. I wouldn;t of given a time frame if i wasn't pushed to do so, even when I said I'm not sure he was asking for rough estimates, which is why I said 5 months, In hindsight I should of just kept saying I wasn't sure.

FYI this is my drafted letter Dear Sir/Madam, I apologise unreservedly and sincerely for having the incorrect travel card for the appropriate zones in which I was travelling. It was a grave error of judgement for which there can be no excuse. I am willing to hold my hands up and accept that I...

Thanks for replying. You've got it spot on with my evading. None of the stations I travel to in the morning/evening have barriers, but the stations in central london all do. Also- don't worry, my name isn't Steve, just a nice generic name ;) (I also don't surf for what its worth!) I work in...

Thanks for replying- I've answered your questions below. Who challenged you - Gateline staff or revenue control officer? It was a revenue control officer, there was a number of them in plain clothes. Which train company is it Southeastern, I was stopped at London Cannon St. were you given any...

Hello all, First of all i'd like to say thank you for all of those that contribute to this forum. It has proved very useful and interesting reading whilst fretting about my situation. Yesterday morning I was caught using a Zone 1 & 2 paper Travel card. I live in Zone 5. I was coming from zone...