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my son and his friend were returning from a night out in london they had purchased a ticket at 10pm in london to return home they believed it was a 24 hour ticket and cost £16.90 .
They returned on the 7am train and when the train reached St Albans 2 ticket inspectors got on , he explained that they had tickets which they believed to be valid but the inspector said it was out of date , both boys were adamant they had done nothing wrong the inspector reported him and my son responded via letter explaining the circumstances and send bank statement showing purchase of ticket as the copy of the witness statement from the inspector is not a true reflection at all of what happened that morning . Today he has now received a court summons ! so obviously they decided to take it further.
2 questions
1/The charge is having entered a train for the purpose of travelling ,did not have a ticket entitling travel.
contrary to byelaw 18(1)of the railway byelaws made under section 219 of the transport act 2000 etc is this a criminal offence on recordable ?
2/ Can he try and appeal once more to the railway or is the summons the final thing.?
he had never been in trouble and is now concerned if found guilty he will have a criminal conviction , also his friend who had the same ticket has not been summoned .
any help on a way forward would be appreciated.
my son and his friend were returning from a night out in london they had purchased a ticket at 10pm in london to return home they believed it was a 24 hour ticket and cost £16.90 .
They returned on the 7am train and when the train reached St Albans 2 ticket inspectors got on , he explained that they had tickets which they believed to be valid but the inspector said it was out of date , both boys were adamant they had done nothing wrong the inspector reported him and my son responded via letter explaining the circumstances and send bank statement showing purchase of ticket as the copy of the witness statement from the inspector is not a true reflection at all of what happened that morning . Today he has now received a court summons ! so obviously they decided to take it further.
2 questions
1/The charge is having entered a train for the purpose of travelling ,did not have a ticket entitling travel.
contrary to byelaw 18(1)of the railway byelaws made under section 219 of the transport act 2000 etc is this a criminal offence on recordable ?
2/ Can he try and appeal once more to the railway or is the summons the final thing.?
he had never been in trouble and is now concerned if found guilty he will have a criminal conviction , also his friend who had the same ticket has not been summoned .
any help on a way forward would be appreciated.