Help Needed: Mistaken identity has lead to courts taking £1000+ from my account

Hi All,

I'm in need of some advice.

My employer recently sent me an email stating that HM Courts had ordered them to dock my salary for over £1000 due to unpaid train fares in 2008 and 2010. They have the wrong individual. The train journey's were made in East London at stations i have never been to. At the time, i was also a resident of Leicester. I queried the case with the court and i was informed by London Collections CC that letters of these fines were sent to "my address", which is an address in London i have never lived in. However, I am currently a Londoner now.

So the money has been deducted from my employer, leaving me short on cash. I have to pay my MSc university fee's (which i'm now unable to do) and now, despite informing the court of my innocence in this matter, i have been summoned to represent myself. Another annoyance is that my attendance in court is needed on the 27th April 2018, 6 days after i have abdominal surgery. My surgeon has instructed me to stay indoors for at least two weeks, but i have to attend this court hearing as it is in my "best interest" - so i'm told by a lady who works at the court.

I have obtained my bank statements from 2010 (that's as far as the mobile app is letting me go back) and i was working for a company at that time, in Leicester. However, i made no card payments in Leicester on that day. I am going in to the bank tomorrow to get my bank statements around 2008.

My credit rating is also in the mid 900's with no mention of this or any CCJ's (although i imagine they would have disappeared due to being more than 6 years old if i was "summoned to court in 2010").

Does anybody have any further advice for me on proving that this isn't me? I have spoken to Action Fraud who have said that if my credit rating isn't affected, it's a case of mistaken identity rather than a fraudulent one.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!