[Shasown]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Can't see him charges being pressed on any of those tbh

Well if BT plod find any sort of truth in his story about having been issued two tickets incorrectly, they wont be able to prosecute for fare dodging, however they can use any or all of the above as a bit of a face saver.

They investigate then send the results of the investigation to the Procurator Fiscal with recommendations of what offences they think the person has committed, in Scotland the Procurator Fiscal then decides whether or not to proceed with the prosecution.

You see even when travelling with perfectly valid tickets if a railway official asks you to leave a train you should comply, provided he has valid reasons, one of which is he suspects that you may have obtained the ticket dishonestly etc. They tend not to use it a lot nowadays, simply because of the compensation culture and bad publicity generated