My girlfriend was fined for travelling with a child ticket at Liverpool central when she is 17, she bought the ticket from the machine at Chester station and accidentally pressed the child button and bought the all area child day saver instead of the 16-18 all area day saver, and they are both the identical price of £2.95.
The fine is ~£58 if paid within 21 days, but she honestly can’t afford to pay it because her and her family are struggling financially, and she can’t pay the fine herself and her parents probably won’t pay it, so I worry what the further consequences will be if not paid.
I am going to try to appeal, but I doubt I’ll get anywhere, but I thought I’d make a post on her and see if I could get any feedback and whether the appeal is likely to get anywhere because at the end of the day she was travelling with a child ticket and is not a child, but she did pay for a ticket just the wrong one and also had to buy another ticket anyway to get back to Chester as the fine was not enough evidence to the security at the gate.
She obviously made a mistake in buying the wrong ticket, but it was a miss click of a finger, and she was unaware until stopped at Liverpool central that she had bought the wrong ticket.
Do you think we will get anywhere, and do you have any advice when making the appeal? Any advice would be much appreciated.
The fine is ~£58 if paid within 21 days, but she honestly can’t afford to pay it because her and her family are struggling financially, and she can’t pay the fine herself and her parents probably won’t pay it, so I worry what the further consequences will be if not paid.
I am going to try to appeal, but I doubt I’ll get anywhere, but I thought I’d make a post on her and see if I could get any feedback and whether the appeal is likely to get anywhere because at the end of the day she was travelling with a child ticket and is not a child, but she did pay for a ticket just the wrong one and also had to buy another ticket anyway to get back to Chester as the fine was not enough evidence to the security at the gate.
She obviously made a mistake in buying the wrong ticket, but it was a miss click of a finger, and she was unaware until stopped at Liverpool central that she had bought the wrong ticket.
Do you think we will get anywhere, and do you have any advice when making the appeal? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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