Becoming more panicked by every second,he says: ‘I’m so nervous,please. I don’t want to get a criminal record,genuinely. I study law at uni. Are you reporting me?’
Sam says: ‘You don’t need to panic. As I said,I’ve just got to do those steps. So just give me two seconds,I’ll finish off,and then we’ll work out what we’re going to do.’
‘I don’t fare evade,I do actually pay for trains,’ the man says.
After being told his case would be referred to the revenue team,he says: ‘I know what it means. It happened to my cousin,he got a criminal record,they took him to court. It’s going to happen to me. My life is finished.’
His case was closed in the end without going to court after he paid the fine,and he had no previous record of fare evasion.
Jack,another train enforcement officer,said after issuing a notice to a mum-of-three at Clapham: ‘There are offenders out there,but some people just can’t afford it,and I completely understand.’
The next episode of Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law is on Channel 5 on Monday,September 1 at 9pm
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