TfL's extortion and criminalisation of oyster card holders

ibeji

Call for Action on extortion of the public by Transport for London (tfl). The penalty for omission to swipe card is not proportionate to the mistake. On the pretext of revenue protection, tfl is perverting the course of justice by:
a. doctored evidence by inspector(s)
b. flouting of the law under Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act which makes it mandatory for a prosecuting authority to disclose information which would undermine the case for the prosecution. TfL deliberately refuses to disclose the ambiguity in regulation 7(2) and 7(4) because its disclosure would mean that a passenger on a bendy bus has not committed any offence until he leaves the bus without payment. Secondly, under case law, no one can be convicted when a provision of the act is ambiguous.
c. Conviction is obtained by deceit with the deliberate falsehood that one day travel fare is not available on the oyster card.

Fine for the fabricated fare evasion varies from £260 (at magistrate court), £460 at Crown court and up till £10,000 in the Court of Appeal. As some members of the bench like district judge Marshall and judge Mole QC kow tow to tfl, the absence of fairness limits innocent passengers chances of success.

Thus the reason for urgent action to stop this illegal behaviour of TfL and have the wrongful conviction overturned.

Campaign is urgently required along the same lines as the bank charges campaign. Therefore calling all victims of this miscarrige of justice to have the courage and make it possible to bring a class action against TfL. Time is of essence. Campaign would also enable passengers to persuade TfL to extend the policy of charging full fare for omission to swipe the card to bus passengers unless one has a one day bus fare which is easily verifiable.

peter999

Has this problem happened to you ??

Have you been fined or taken to court ??

peter999

sra

As this is also posted here I'll lock this