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Fare dodger who tried avoiding £25 ticket ends up with much bigger bill at court

Trying to avoid paying a £24.60 rail fare has landed a young man with a court bill of more than £500.

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Amandeep Kaur tried to avoid paying a £25 train fare

Amandeep Kaur, from Cygnet Road, West Bromwich, was caught on an Avanti West Coast train between Preston and Crewe on July 12 last year without a ticket.

The case against the 20-year-old was proved in his absence at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court on December 15.