Hi All
Will promise to try and get as much information out here as I can:
So last week I stopped by a prosecutor and caught out for not having the correct train ticket. In summary what I did was 'donoughting', in that I purchased a return ticket from Brighton
to Gatwick, and then a return from london bridge to st pancras (i.e. not paying for the gatwick to london bridge part of the journey).
When I was stopped I originally lied, but then realising that would get me nowhere when being officially interviewed I confessed to what I had done. When asked if I had done this previously
I said their maybe a few.
I am yet to receive any correspondence, and have read all the other forum posts about what to and what not to do, so will follow these exactly, but I am looking for some advice / expected outcome
as what I have done previously is different to the day I was found out.
Over the last few months, (I travel in to london twice a week), I had bought the first part of the journey (brighton to gatwick), as a paper ticket, and only purchased the london part on trainline.
Hence if they were to look back, they would see just the london part of the journey, so no real evidence of the donughting as there was no other tickets bought. Now of course I understand they could still
review the scan dates, and also make assumption that based on where I live, and the fact this journey is similar, that this has happened before. So I am looking for advice to see if this is likely.
Of course when the letter is received I will know more, and I have read previous posts about not incriminating myself, but at the same time I will be willing to do anything to avoid this going to court.
Any advice / likely responses people could provide would be great. @Hadders adding you in as I have seen a lot of helpful advice previously.
Also wanted to add I wish I had seen these sort of posts before hand, as if I knew earlier I would never have done this. Feel completely stupid and it isnt worth the risk and I am really remorseful.
Since this happened I have obviously bought the correct ticket, and on the day it actually happened also bought the missing part of the journey home.
Thanks
Will promise to try and get as much information out here as I can:
So last week I stopped by a prosecutor and caught out for not having the correct train ticket. In summary what I did was 'donoughting', in that I purchased a return ticket from Brighton
to Gatwick, and then a return from london bridge to st pancras (i.e. not paying for the gatwick to london bridge part of the journey).
When I was stopped I originally lied, but then realising that would get me nowhere when being officially interviewed I confessed to what I had done. When asked if I had done this previously
I said their maybe a few.
I am yet to receive any correspondence, and have read all the other forum posts about what to and what not to do, so will follow these exactly, but I am looking for some advice / expected outcome
as what I have done previously is different to the day I was found out.
Over the last few months, (I travel in to london twice a week), I had bought the first part of the journey (brighton to gatwick), as a paper ticket, and only purchased the london part on trainline.
Hence if they were to look back, they would see just the london part of the journey, so no real evidence of the donughting as there was no other tickets bought. Now of course I understand they could still
review the scan dates, and also make assumption that based on where I live, and the fact this journey is similar, that this has happened before. So I am looking for advice to see if this is likely.
Of course when the letter is received I will know more, and I have read previous posts about not incriminating myself, but at the same time I will be willing to do anything to avoid this going to court.
Any advice / likely responses people could provide would be great. @Hadders adding you in as I have seen a lot of helpful advice previously.
Also wanted to add I wish I had seen these sort of posts before hand, as if I knew earlier I would never have done this. Feel completely stupid and it isnt worth the risk and I am really remorseful.
Since this happened I have obviously bought the correct ticket, and on the day it actually happened also bought the missing part of the journey home.
Thanks