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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Dying woman with terminal breast cancer given fast-track prosecution for not paying for TV licence

A woman with terminal breast cancer has been convicted of not paying for a TV licence in the latest outrage from Britain’s controversial fast-track courts.

The 50-year-old mother told a TV Licensing inspector on her doorstep that she had been diagnosed with cancer. And in a heartbreaking handwritten letter to the court, she wrote: “I have been very stressed and depressed. I’m currently having on-going treatment for terminal cancer.

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