scotland123
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Hi,
Me and a group of friends, all 19/20 year old students, were travelling from Glasgow to Sheffield. Five rail card tickets were bought by one of my friends, who had a valid railcard, but three of us did not. We traveled anyway, which I acknowledge was a big mistake and it was my duty to ensure we had a valid ticket. Upon being informed that our tickets were not valid by a conductor, we panicked and stated that our railcards had been left at home.
We have now received a 'verification letter' from Transport Investigations Limited informing us we have 21 days to give an explanation or to provide comments about the incident.
Any explanation/comments given by us will be taken into account and reviewed before arriving at the decision to prosecute, under the byelaws act or the regulation of railways act.
Obviously what we did was stupid and we hold our hands up, but if possible we would like to avoid a criminal record. Does anyone have any knowledge of what the mostlikely outcome is, and how we should respond?
Thanks.
Me and a group of friends, all 19/20 year old students, were travelling from Glasgow to Sheffield. Five rail card tickets were bought by one of my friends, who had a valid railcard, but three of us did not. We traveled anyway, which I acknowledge was a big mistake and it was my duty to ensure we had a valid ticket. Upon being informed that our tickets were not valid by a conductor, we panicked and stated that our railcards had been left at home.
We have now received a 'verification letter' from Transport Investigations Limited informing us we have 21 days to give an explanation or to provide comments about the incident.
Any explanation/comments given by us will be taken into account and reviewed before arriving at the decision to prosecute, under the byelaws act or the regulation of railways act.
Obviously what we did was stupid and we hold our hands up, but if possible we would like to avoid a criminal record. Does anyone have any knowledge of what the mostlikely outcome is, and how we should respond?
Thanks.