On 27 Oct 2005 16:46:38 -0700, "ribonucleotide"
wrote:

Yes, yes yes.. I hear what you are saying and agree in princeple. But
pleading guilty means accepting that I actaully intended to comit the
"crime" of avaiding the payment to TFL of £1,20! (although, I was
still going to buy a full day travel card, but that does not count as I
understand). I do not want to accept something I did not do. An
administrative charge, however, of whatever amount is a totally
different matter. I believe the inspector was inexperienced or
incompetent or deliberatly deceptive (now I am beginning to think he
was envious or what not). But he certainly did not take "all
reasonable steps". I am afraid, I will have to see him in court to
talk about it.


You not only intended to commit the "crime", you actually DID commit
it :-)

The time to negotiate a free ride was when you boarded the bus,
inconvenient though that may have been. Not when you saw an
inspector approaching.

YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM in this affair. The rules were inconvenient, so
you ignored them. Your cheapest option is to plead guilty and pay
up. If you go to court you will have to pay costs as well.