Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:38:20 on Fri, 21
Oct 2005, Chris remarked:
Well I saw the BBC London news report and the accused fare dodger
was quite emphatic that she offered to pay the penalty fare a
number of times, but the inspector just demanded her name and
address and confiscated the oyster card.

Wouldn't it have been simpler to just try swiping the card again? I
assume it had some credit on it.

It had only 50p credit according to the inspector (as reported in tha
Standard), which I guess contributed to his suspicion that this was more
than just a failure to touch in properly.

Did anyone hear the passenger interviewed on radio (BBC London I think)
on Thursday evening? Someone who heard the broadcast thought she
admitted that she knew there wasn't enough credit on the card, but it
seems an unlikely thing for her to say.
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Richard J.
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