A FARE dodger has been ordered by a court to pay hundreds of pounds after getting on a train in Herefordshire without a ticket.
Beky Stuchberry was proven guilty of boarding a train without a ticket, contrary to railway bye-law, by magistrates in Cardiff in October.
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The court heard from Transi, a transport investigation company, that the 33-year-old woman from Leominster had entered a train for the purpose of travelling at Leominster station on June 19.
But the magistrates heard that she did not have a valid ticket at the time, and fined her £220 for the offence. She was also ordered to pay compensation of £7 to Transport for Wales, as well as prosecution costs of £100 and an £88 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
Stuchberry, of Hawthorn Place, did not attend the hearing in person or enter a plea, and was not represented by a solicitor in court.
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