I plea guilty online and this is what I have written. also thank you for all the advice by all the advice I knew the complete situation as well as how to respond. Thank you very much
Is this correct ?
First and foremost, I want to express my deepest regret for this confusion caused by using wrong card to tap out as I was getting late and the mistake I made was I didn't wait for the gate to be closed and tried to tap out but it got rejected as I used my oyster card which was out of balance that time and in giant hill station I tapped in with my monzo card this confusion of card is because I use my both card in which ever the balance is available and that lead to confusion of using wrong card. I was explained by the officers at the same time that you have to wait for the gate to close and then tap out. I am very sorry for any inconvenience. I insure that it will be my 1st and last mistake I make and will be more careful. As I would like to reassure you that this was not to avoid paying. I had tapped my Monzo card at Gants Hill. If I didn't tap out it will charge me more as a penalty or for whole journey. As it was a mistake and not to dodge fare. I am really Sorry for any inconvenience caused by me. I want to emphasize that I will be more careful in the future. I want to assure you that I take this matter very seriously and am fully committed to clearing this situation.
I am keen to settle this matter without prosecution and resolve it in the most appropriate and fair manner. In light of this, I would like to offer my sincere commitment to pay the penalty and take full responsibility what I did.
It is also evident from these records that me walking and tapping out on 26th December failure to pay on was an inadvertent error and not a deliberate attempt to evade fares. i am sorry for any inconvenience.
Additionally, maintaining a clean record is crucial for my ongoing UK arrangements and my ability to fulfill my financial commitments.
As a bachelor student in university I have a long future and responsibility of my family as a eldest son in the family. I would like to request you to be in my favor as criminal case will be a big problem in my future that can affect me now as well a in future in many ways and there will be nothing to look forward in future.
As a student, I am pursuing a promising career and have achieved the significant milestone. A criminal record resulting from this incident would not only hinder my career prospects in the UK but also impede any future endeavors, particularly those in the United States and Canada.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my utmost respect and appreciation for the work done by TfL in providing excellent transportation services to millions of Londoners every day. I genuinely value the crucial role TfL plays in keeping the city connected and functioning smoothly.
Considering the circumstances outlined above, I kindly request your understanding and ask that you give serious consideration to resolving this matter through out-of-court disposal.
I am fully willing to accept any
reasonable penalty or warning as deemed appropriate.
Thank you for taking the time to review my response I sincerely hope that, based on the information provided, we can reach a fair and appropriate resolution that aligns with TfL's policies and guidelines."
Yours Faithfully,
Firstly - it's hard to understand what you're saying, since it's not in clear English; it has long unpunctuated sentences, and it has spelling mistakes (even the name of the station where you started your journey!). Can you not get someone who can read and write decent English to help you?
Second, you seem to have copied things from suggestions on other threads which are not relevant to your case. For instance, you say "I am keen to settle this matter without prosecution and resolve it ..." - but it's too late! You
are being prosecuted, and you're actually pleading guilty, so this makes no sense at all. Either you're copying some of the text blindly (but presumably, if you're a student, you can think it through?!), or it's some nonsensical machine-written text? Similarly, you talk of being willing to accept a penalty or warning - again, you're too late for anything of that sort - your case is going to court! (And anyway, your willingness to accept something isn't relevant - it's the railway who decide what deal to offer you - if any - as an alternative to prosecution.)
Your letter says you want to avoid a criminal record - but you intend to plead guilty! By definition that means you will have a conviction and a criminal record; so this point is just nonsense.
You also talk about making a mistake and using the wrong card - but you ended up using neither (because you didn't use the one you started your journey with and the other one had no credit on it). Presumably, when you went through the barrier behind someone else, you knew you hadn't tapped out. It wasn't exactly a mistake.
The general tone of your letter is a lengthy sob story which they'll have heard before (and probably won't even read) - if you wanted to try this you needed to try it with London Transport before they went down the prosecution route (though it might not have made much difference).
Since you're pleading guilty, it's largely irrelevant what you say; the scale of fines is set down - if you have a low income, then that will mean a lower fine. But at this stage there's not much you can do.
If you really wanted to avoid a conviction, you would have to plead
not guilty and try to persuade the court that, having tapped in, there was no advantage in not tapping out, since that would cost you more, and so TfL have lost no money; hence the offence is highly technical and shouldn't be prosecuted. (And in that case, you really needed to argue this with TfL at an earlier stage.) The fact that you tailgated, whether or not it saved you any money, is the offence. This might seem unreasonable, but that's the situation.
I presume you must have had some correspondence from TfL prior to this prosecution? If so, you needed to try to respond to that, pointing out that by tapping in but not out you'd actually
overpaid, and asking them not to prosecute for the technical offence of tailgating. Did you respond to them? Though if you did, and what you wrote was as confused and hard to understand as your draft letter here, then I'm sorry, but I'm not suprisied that they went ahead and prosecuted. If you ignored any previous correspondence then (even though you might not have changed what's happened anyway), a court case is the inevitable outcome.
