Don't fare dodge if you work in the City

cinderfella

I think he just got used to paying the £7 fare. As Ken Dodd said over his mini tax scandal ' income tax was introduced at 1 penny in the £, it's just that I thought it was still 1 penny in the £'.

Having read the case in more detail, the whole scenario is most unfortunate. I would have thought a Fund Manager would have had an annual season ticket as part of their remuneration package as standard, but perhaps I am behind the times.

Hopefully he will put this behind him & move on a little wiser.

tgroom57

Just to add the second BBC link

'He paid back the £42,550 in dodged fares, plus £450 in legal costs, within three days as part of an out-of-court settlement.'

....and within five days of being challenged he renewed his lapsed (season) ticket.

SailorSam

Maybe the first time he did it by accident when he was in a rush or the ticket office wasn't manned, then suddenly realised how easy it was.
The money he must have been earning, it's not as if he couldn't afford the fare.
Well hope the JS sends him to do a job of mimimum pay now and he has to pay the fare to get there.