"Alan J. Flavell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, tim (moved to sweden) wrote:

On national rail, at least, it's a byelaw offence to be in a
compulsory ticket area without a valid ticket.

punishable by penalty fare, not by criminal convection.

The punter /may/ get the opportunity to pay the penalty fare, but
prosecution is another option available.

But then the evidence of 'intent' is required.
It is the poster's contention that this wasn't required. This
is only true where the penalty applied is the penalty fare.

tim

Which option is used,
depends on circumstances, AIUI.