TWO rail fare dodgers have been fined by magistrates after failing to buy tickets to travel.
Mathew Waldren was proven guilty of one count of boarding a train in a non-compulsory ticket area without a valid ticket by magistrates in Cardiff.
The court heard that Waldren had boarded a train at Craven Arms without a valid ticket entitling him to travel on it on April 8.
Waldren, of Millar Row, Craven Arms, was fined £220 for the offence and ordered to pay compensation to the train operator of £11.10.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £100 and an £88 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.
Tibor Nagy-Kovacs was proven guilty of one count of boarding a train in a non-compulsory ticket area without a valid ticket by magistrates in Cardiff.
The court heard that Nagy-Kovacs had boarded a train at Craven Arms without a valid ticket entitling him to travel on it on April 29.
Nagy-Kovacs, of Sycamore Close, Craven Arms, was fined £220 for the offence and ordered to pay compensation of £11.10, prosecution costs of £100, and an £88 victim surcharge,
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