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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Good news received a letter yesterday saying they will settle out of court even after TIL wanted to continue the case after the last letter. The sum came to £269, which is a lot, but much better than having a criminal record and going through the hassle of going court. i have certainly learned...
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Bad news. It seems they just ignored what i sent in my letter similar to other peoples experiences. I have seen on other posts that its possible to still agree out of court settlement with cross country directly by calling them. Should i give this a go or just wait for the next letter and see...
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    I have already sent the letter yesterday. I didnt include this but i will be sure to mention this if it does go further. I already have stated in the letter i can provide screenshots of past tickets on the app to prove i have never done this before. I will update once i get a reply.
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    I have not mentioned this as i dont think they care if the refund was successful or not. All they care is the fact i attempted to refund the ticket when i shouldnt have
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Im certain i scanned it. There was no one in front of me
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    I definitely scanned the ticket through the barrier and I think your friend is correct, as when I checked to see if the ticket had been refunded a couple of hours later it was unsuccessful. I still don't know what I was thinking to check if a refund would work or not
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Yeah i feel this will be what i do if they dont accept out of court settlement after this letter Sorry for the confusion. Yes i defiantly am going to send this second letter
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Thanks for this it has given me hope that it can still be settled up till the court day if it goes that far. Was there anything specific you said to the prosecutor on the day
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    I have included that i will be applying for jobs in the finance industry
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Yeah najab i understand that from their perspective this is what it looks like and its going to be hard to fight against. So thats why i have written in the 2nd letter that i accept i made a mistake and am in the wrong and have again apologised
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Has anyone got any advice for my second letter, it would be very much appreciated as i want to send it off tommorow.
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Yeah i had a railcard and the admin fee was roughly £3.50
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Yes i can confirm it is Transport Investigations Ltd and i also noticed this when browsing through similar posts. I really hope they offer settlement as i have been stressing over the outcome of this situation all week.
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    This is what i written in my first letter I am very worried after receiving your letter and wanted to sort the matter out as soon as possible. I am extremely sorry that this incident occurred and hope you will accept my most sincere apologies. I am a student and don’t want this stupid mistake...
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Once i had refunded the ticket and spent a few minutes realising what i had just done i had seen that there was a railway revenue protection staff making his way down the train so i intended on telling him what happened and expecting him to make me pay for another ticket. However when he did...
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    Transport Investigations prosecuting me

    Last month i was travelling from Leicester to Nuneaton on a CrossCountry Train. I had bought the ticket on Trainline which i rarely use. As normal i scanned my ticket to get through the gate at the Leicester train station and boarded the train. During the journey i had a look on the trainline...

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