Hi, hoping someone can advise me on my best course of action.
I made a short train journey yesterday in Lancashire and did not have a ticket (there as a huge queue at the station I was travelling from meaning I would have missed the train if I bought one). I went to leave the station and was stopped and asked to produce a ticket, which I of course couldn't.
He then took my name and address and said that he was going to write down that I could not find my ticket. I asked what would happen next and he just said I'd receive a letter.
The main problem is that I think I might have accidentally given my old address. It was early, I hadn't slept, I was very very anxious and late for work. I moved from my previous address 6 weeks ago, but I had lived there for 3 years, so I'm still in the habit of saying it (they only asked for postcode and door number).
Now I don't know what to do. I don't know who I need to call as I'm not sure exactly who stopped me. My friend was stopped last week by some people under cover and was read a caution and told they will receive a letter. I wasn't read a caution and the people who stopped me were wearing high-vis jackets. I think they might have had the National Rail logo on, but I was so shaky and scared (and already late for work) that I didn't even ask.
I'm terrified that if I get in touch and tell them I gave the wrong address, they might accuse me of doing it on purpose and I'll be prosecuted for providing false information (as well as not being able to produce a ticket). I still haven't changed my address with the bank / provisional driving license (I'm not using it to drive), and my landlord's are forwarding my mail to me. So I don't know whether I should just ask them to forward any letters to me. Then again, they may soon get a new tenant and they might not do the same.
Any advice would be great. Do you think that, as my landlord's are currently forwarding other mail to me, and that I recently moved, they might be more lenient? Or do you think they will prosecute me? I would be happy to pay any fine I really don't care how much it is. I just don't want it to go to court as I will probably get sacked (my employer is very strict and I am still on 12 month probationary period).
Many thanks
I made a short train journey yesterday in Lancashire and did not have a ticket (there as a huge queue at the station I was travelling from meaning I would have missed the train if I bought one). I went to leave the station and was stopped and asked to produce a ticket, which I of course couldn't.
He then took my name and address and said that he was going to write down that I could not find my ticket. I asked what would happen next and he just said I'd receive a letter.
The main problem is that I think I might have accidentally given my old address. It was early, I hadn't slept, I was very very anxious and late for work. I moved from my previous address 6 weeks ago, but I had lived there for 3 years, so I'm still in the habit of saying it (they only asked for postcode and door number).
Now I don't know what to do. I don't know who I need to call as I'm not sure exactly who stopped me. My friend was stopped last week by some people under cover and was read a caution and told they will receive a letter. I wasn't read a caution and the people who stopped me were wearing high-vis jackets. I think they might have had the National Rail logo on, but I was so shaky and scared (and already late for work) that I didn't even ask.
I'm terrified that if I get in touch and tell them I gave the wrong address, they might accuse me of doing it on purpose and I'll be prosecuted for providing false information (as well as not being able to produce a ticket). I still haven't changed my address with the bank / provisional driving license (I'm not using it to drive), and my landlord's are forwarding my mail to me. So I don't know whether I should just ask them to forward any letters to me. Then again, they may soon get a new tenant and they might not do the same.
Any advice would be great. Do you think that, as my landlord's are currently forwarding other mail to me, and that I recently moved, they might be more lenient? Or do you think they will prosecute me? I would be happy to pay any fine I really don't care how much it is. I just don't want it to go to court as I will probably get sacked (my employer is very strict and I am still on 12 month probationary period).
Many thanks
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