It is the customers responsibility to ensure all his discount documents are
with him/her and in date.

There could be a defence if he didn't know and presented them to the ticket
office and the ticket office still sold him the ticket. However, if the
ticket was bought from a machine it wouldn't look good.

Assuming he is a student and the new academic year has or is about to start
it would be reasonable to expect his card was out of date.

S


"Solar Penguin" wrote in message
...

--- "Steve Fitzgerald" wrote:

Just, maybe, perhaps he thought he could get away with it so didn't
bother to renew his card.

I thought this country had a system of "innocent until proven guilty".
Not
"innocent unless just, maybe, guilty".

"Zac" wrote:
My mate got apprehended by Fare Evasion officers this morning. Not sure if
all the info is right as he is not at work yet.
[and so on]

Sounds like either he failed the attitude test or they are having
a crackdown.

Your friend is clearly in the wrong -- he travelled without a
valid ticket.

And on the question of intent, isn't this a strict liability offence?


Matt Ashby
www.mattashby.com

Nope.

You have to show intent either by action or admission.

S


"Matt Ashby" wrote in message
om...
"Zac" wrote:
My mate got apprehended by Fare Evasion officers this morning. Not sure
if
all the info is right as he is not at work yet.
[and so on]

Sounds like either he failed the attitude test or they are having
a crackdown.

Your friend is clearly in the wrong -- he travelled without a
valid ticket.

And on the question of intent, isn't this a strict liability offence?


Matt Ashby
www.mattashby.com