WCMLaddict
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On this forum we very often see topics where customers complain about being handed an unfair PN, being prosecuted for nothing and so on. We also occasionally get people like Flamingo who share with us their experiences from the other side and I have to say I find them very interesting.
In my work I very often get to see and read the internal TOC magazines and got some time the other day skim over Your Northern. There was an interesting feature listing some successful prosecutions and I thought some here might find them interesting. Even better would be if other people could share their own stories as well.
In my work I very often get to see and read the internal TOC magazines and got some time the other day skim over Your Northern. There was an interesting feature listing some successful prosecutions and I thought some here might find them interesting. Even better would be if other people could share their own stories as well.
A passenger traveling to Blackpool Pleasure Beach offered up a monthly season ticket that had been altered by sticking a different month over the original. When questioned by the conductor he denied all knowledge and the ticket was withdrawn. On arrival the man run from the train calling the conductor a ****ing w*****!!! Luckily hed left his name and address details in the season ticket wallet and we were able to contact him. Unsurprisingly he didnt respond to any of our correspondence. In court he was charged with three offences: fare evasion, altering the ticket and abusive language and fined a total of £816.
Revenue colleagues at Bradford Interchange challenged a passenger who had travelled from Preston to produce a valid ticket. The officer noticed that the ticket had been used before and that he had tried to rub out any evidence. As the man then started to use foul and abusive language a revenue manager was asked to deal with the incident at which point he told the manager that he was wasting his ****ing time. In court the passenger who was a football coach was fined £655 for three offences.
Arriving at Salford Crescent a passenger offered up and out of date ticket to the revenue officer and when asked to produce a valid ticket the women produced another invalid ticket. The Revenue Officer advised her that she needed to buy a ticket for the journey she had made but she refused and became abusive. The details she provided were then found to be false and the BTP were called. In court magistrates saw fit to fine her a total of £568.