A FARE dodger has been fined for not having a rail ticket.
Safator Subhon, 27, of Salters Lane, of Lower Moor, near Pershore was caught without a ticket on a Great Western Railway (GWR) service on August 28 last year.
Subhon's case was proved in his absence at a Worcester Magistrates Court hearing on February 17.
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Magistrates fined Subhon £220, and ordered him to pay £9.10 - the cost of the ticket - in compensation to GWR.
Subhon was also told to pay victim surcharge of £88 and costs of £180.
The defendant was given one month to pay the total amount owed to the courts, £487.80, in full.
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