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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Roughly 75,000 fare evasion prosecutions may be quashed as they are 'probably unlawful'

Around 75,000 criminal prosecutions brought by train companies against passengers in controversial fast-track courts were “probably unlawful” and could now be quashed.

Alleged fare dodgers can be taken to court through the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) - a process where magistrates convict and sentence defendants in private hearings – if they are accused of breaching a railway byelaw.

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