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Default Man avoids prosecution after paying back £43,000-worth of train fares

Man avoids prosecution after paying back £43,000-worth of train fares
Commuter exploited Oyster card loophole, paying only £7.20 for travel
between East Sussex and London Bridge over five years

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...00-train-fares

I am surprised the usual suspects haven't posted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27019782
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...-sussex-london

Can we do a info request for how many oyster cards have more than 200
failures to swipe in per year ?

I suppose a zone 1-2 travelcard would have been cheaper but would have been
cast-iron evidence of fraud.

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"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Man avoids prosecution after paying back £43,000-worth of train fares
Commuter exploited Oyster card loophole, paying only £7.20 for travel
between East Sussex and London Bridge over five years

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...00-train-fares

I am surprised the usual suspects haven't posted.


There's an extensive, lively thread on UK.R.
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"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Man avoids prosecution after paying back £43,000-worth of train fares
Commuter exploited Oyster card loophole, paying only £7.20 for travel
between East Sussex and London Bridge over five years

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...00-train-fares

I am surprised the usual suspects haven't posted.


There's an extensive, lively thread on UK.R.

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well there was.

Now it's just about paying the TV licence :-(

tim


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On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:54:01 -0500, Recliner
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"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Man avoids prosecution after paying back £43,000-worth of train fares
Commuter exploited Oyster card loophole, paying only £7.20 for travel
between East Sussex and London Bridge over five years

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...00-train-fares

I am surprised the usual suspects haven't posted.


There's an extensive, lively thread on UK.R.


Most of it about the television licence unfortunately.

Richard.


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