| Re: Fines handed out Posted by TaplowGreen at 13:39, 13th February 2025 |     |
Criminal court fines are not enforced through the County Courts. Enforcement of these is by threat of. or actual, imprisonment. If no attempt is made to pay an arrest warrant is issued, thus ensuring attendance at court
Unfortunately the rail industry managed to make a balls of that too......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyx0p18kq74o
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by rogerw at 11:56, 13th February 2025 | |
Criminal court fines are not enforced through the County Courts. Enforcement of these is by threat of. or actual, imprisonment. If no attempt is made to pay an arrest warrant is issued, thus ensuring attendance at court
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by TaplowGreen at 11:45, 13th February 2025 | |
Agreed - but it will still show up on their credit reference, surely? 
Some people are in such a financial mess with debts, arrears, fines, CCJs etc especially in the current climate that another one makes little difference, it's just added to the pile.
Their credit rating is amongst the least of their worries in this context.
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by Witham Bobby at 15:30, 12th February 2025 | |
Agreed - but it will still show up on their credit reference, surely?
Only if the fine is not paid and recovery action leading to a County Court Judgement, or petition for bankruptcy is involved
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 14:58, 12th February 2025 | |
Agreed - but it will still show up on their credit reference, surely?
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by TaplowGreen at 14:53, 12th February 2025 | |
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by Marlburian at 11:06, 12th February 2025 | |
What is the success rate for such fines being paid?
| Re: Fare dodging fines imposed by magistrates in Plymouth, February 2022 Posted by TonyK at 19:59, 11th February 2025 | |
Their respective rail fares involved were £6.00, £12.10 and £6.80. Was their 'dodging the fare' worth it?
And again, they didn't show at court. They had better pay up before a warrant is issued.
| Fare dodging fines imposed by magistrates in Plymouth, February 2022 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:38, 8th February 2025 | |
This is all in the public domain, from the Falmouth Packet. I'm posting here, in more detail:
Three people from Cornwall have been fined for dodging fares at Truro station on three separate occasions in September of last year.
The offences took place between September 3 - 21 and were all dealt with on the same day - Monday February 7 - at Plymouth District Magistrates' Court.
On Friday, September 3, Zoe Metters, 40, of Pydar Street in Truro, was found guilty of travelling on a First Great Western train at Truro without paying the £6 fare.
She was fined £440 for the offence and was made to pay compensation of £6 as well as pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £66 and costs of £180.
Metters was also found guilty of unacceptable behaviour on the railway for using threatening, abusive, obscene or offensive language and was fined a further £220.
Then, on Wednesday, September 15, Connor Fox, 18, of Dudnance Lane in Redruth, travelled at Truro without paying a fare of £12.10.
Fox was fined £440 for the offence and was made to pay compensation of £12.10 as well as pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £44 and costs of £180.
Finally, on Tuesday, September 21, Nick Lawrence, 31, of Poltair Avenue in St Austell was found guilty of travelling on a First Great Western train at Truro without paying the £6.80 fare.
Lawrence was fined £440 for the offence and was made to pay compensation of £6.80 as well as pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £44 and costs of £180.
All the offences were proved in the defendants' absences.
Their respective rail fares involved were £6.00, £12.10 and £6.80. Was their 'dodging the fare' worth it?
| Re: Fines handed out Posted by TonyK at 18:43, 9th February 2022 | |
Some chunky fines handed down at Plymouth magistrates yesterday...
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19908508.three-people-fined-fare-dodging-trains-cornwall/
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19908508.three-people-fined-fare-dodging-trains-cornwall/
All in absentia too. That probably means the defendants weren't taking it seriously. I have seen that come back to bite someone on the bottom, quite severely, when out of the blue a check was made for an entirely unrelated matter, leading to said person being arrested on the warrant and spending a warm Easter weekend behind bars.
| Fines handed out Posted by old original at 22:10, 8th February 2022 | |
Some chunky fines handed down at Plymouth magistrates yesterday...
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/19908508.three-people-fined-fare-dodging-trains-cornwall/
