Hi I’d like some advice please.
I was issued a mg11 by southeastern after failing to tap in at open barriers.
I explained to staff that my phone had died as I was on my way home from work, and I use Apple Pay to tap in. I managed to charge my phone on the train and went to staff to ask them if it was okay to tap out and if it would work with Apple Pay even though I hadn’t tapped in due to phone beingdead
They instead proceeded to ask me for my details, to which I refused because I honestly just wanted to know if it was fine to tap out with Apple Pay, but they wanted to fine me and I didn’t understand why. There was a dispute after dancing around giving details, initially I gave my old home address but then later gave my real details. I don’t know what compelled me to lie initially, perhaps the frustration with being honest about why I was unable to tap in or just not wanting to give my details in the first place as I was always willing to pay.
I expressed to staff multiple times I have means to pay I am willing to pay, she decided to caution me and later I received a a letter in the post asking to write my version of events, provisionally authorised for prosecution.
in the letter I replied back within the 7 days, explaining what happened but also apologising for any inconveniences caused, offered to pay again and contributions to their costs.
my question to you guys is how likely are they to prosecute, in general do these usually go to court? This is detrimental to my job so I am really worried about this and I haven’t heard from them for almost a month now
Any help would be much appreciated thank you so much
I was issued a mg11 by southeastern after failing to tap in at open barriers.
I explained to staff that my phone had died as I was on my way home from work, and I use Apple Pay to tap in. I managed to charge my phone on the train and went to staff to ask them if it was okay to tap out and if it would work with Apple Pay even though I hadn’t tapped in due to phone beingdead
They instead proceeded to ask me for my details, to which I refused because I honestly just wanted to know if it was fine to tap out with Apple Pay, but they wanted to fine me and I didn’t understand why. There was a dispute after dancing around giving details, initially I gave my old home address but then later gave my real details. I don’t know what compelled me to lie initially, perhaps the frustration with being honest about why I was unable to tap in or just not wanting to give my details in the first place as I was always willing to pay.
I expressed to staff multiple times I have means to pay I am willing to pay, she decided to caution me and later I received a a letter in the post asking to write my version of events, provisionally authorised for prosecution.
in the letter I replied back within the 7 days, explaining what happened but also apologising for any inconveniences caused, offered to pay again and contributions to their costs.
my question to you guys is how likely are they to prosecute, in general do these usually go to court? This is detrimental to my job so I am really worried about this and I haven’t heard from them for almost a month now
Any help would be much appreciated thank you so much