Man handed court bill of almost £700 for £25 train fare offence
A MAN has been handed a court bill of almost £700 after being convicted of an offence related to not having a train ticket.
Zane Noam Zephirin, aged 25 and of Green Road, Bournemouth, was accused of travelling on a Great Western Railway service at Bristol Temple Meads on September 26 without having previously paid the £25 fare.
The case against him was proved in his absence at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on March 7.
He was fined £440 and ordered to pay £25 compensation, £44 surcharge and £180 costs.
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