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| Barrister Peter Barnett sentenced for two-year fare dodge | Barrister Peter Barnett sentenced for two-year fare dodge |
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| A barrister who commuted for two years without paying has been given a suspended prison sentence of 16 weeks. | A barrister who commuted for two years without paying has been given a suspended prison sentence of 16 weeks. |
| Peter Barnett, 43, travelled from Haddenham & Thame Parkway to London Marylebone, costing operator Chiltern Railways about £6,000. | |
| He dodged the full fare by claiming his journey had begun at Wembley in north-west London. | He dodged the full fare by claiming his journey had begun at Wembley in north-west London. |
| Barnett, from Oxford, admitted six counts of fraud by false representation between April 2012 and November 2014. | |
| Lost revenue | Lost revenue |
| However, City of London Magistrates' Court ruled he had cost Chiltern Railways about £6,000 in lost revenue and not the £19,000 the company had claimed. | However, City of London Magistrates' Court ruled he had cost Chiltern Railways about £6,000 in lost revenue and not the £19,000 the company had claimed. |
| Barnett was caught when he was stopped by a ticket inspector at Marylebone and claimed to have travelled from Wembley instead of Haddenham and Thame Parkway in Oxford. | Barnett was caught when he was stopped by a ticket inspector at Marylebone and claimed to have travelled from Wembley instead of Haddenham and Thame Parkway in Oxford. |
| He ran off when a member of station staff became suspicious about his story and called a supervisor, but had a change of heart and later handed himself in. | He ran off when a member of station staff became suspicious about his story and called a supervisor, but had a change of heart and later handed himself in. |
| During an interview with British Transport Police, he confessed that he had been carrying out the scam since April 2012. | During an interview with British Transport Police, he confessed that he had been carrying out the scam since April 2012. |
| He is thought to have been boarding trains at Haddenham and Thame Parkway without a ticket, and then getting off at Marylebone by simply "tapping out" with an Oyster card, automatically being charged the maximum Transport for London fare. | He is thought to have been boarding trains at Haddenham and Thame Parkway without a ticket, and then getting off at Marylebone by simply "tapping out" with an Oyster card, automatically being charged the maximum Transport for London fare. |