Due to congestion around Station A, my wife took me to station B(further back up the line). This station did bit have any ticket facilities. I boarded the train, no conductor came around to allow me to purchase a ticket.
I queued in the unpaid ticket queue.When asked for start point , I declared a town that was near the actual boarding point(slightly further away actually) and said 'near station A' which was crucially closer to the end point.
I was then pulled aside and accused of declaring a shorter journey and cautioned and went through the forms. I was also informed that it may lead to a prosecution.
Sure enough , 2 weeks later(yesterday) I had the letter and I now get the chance to state my case.
I feel that I have mitigating circumstances enough to prevent a prosecution and criminal record:
1)no ticket facilities at start point
2)no conductor on train
3)total misunderstanding when purchasing ticket due to my lack of knowledge of start point station.I ran out of the car and straight onto the train due to the fact it was pulling in.
4)Inspector not willing to listen at the time so i filled out forms, gave my correct details (did i have to?) in order to get to my appointment on time
I would like to gauge the view of this forum before I state my case in my response
Thank you
I queued in the unpaid ticket queue.When asked for start point , I declared a town that was near the actual boarding point(slightly further away actually) and said 'near station A' which was crucially closer to the end point.
I was then pulled aside and accused of declaring a shorter journey and cautioned and went through the forms. I was also informed that it may lead to a prosecution.
Sure enough , 2 weeks later(yesterday) I had the letter and I now get the chance to state my case.
I feel that I have mitigating circumstances enough to prevent a prosecution and criminal record:
1)no ticket facilities at start point
2)no conductor on train
3)total misunderstanding when purchasing ticket due to my lack of knowledge of start point station.I ran out of the car and straight onto the train due to the fact it was pulling in.
4)Inspector not willing to listen at the time so i filled out forms, gave my correct details (did i have to?) in order to get to my appointment on time
I would like to gauge the view of this forum before I state my case in my response
Thank you