An Edinburgh man has been jailed after a British Transport Police crackdown.
Nomedas Kulvinskas, 37, will spend a five month sentence in prison after first attempting to travel from Scotland to London without a train ticket.
Today, Kulvinskas, of Clifton Terrace, pleaded guilty to travel fraud and possession of a bladed article at York Crown Court on Thursday 4 February.
Initially, Kulvinskas had been caught on the train without a ticket, after a conductor tries to wake him several times during routine ticket checks.
After becoming concerned for his welfare, the conductor was eventually able to wake him just as the carriages entered York station.
At this point, a court heard that he had admitting travelling without a ticket. However two attempts to pay for the journey, costing £186, using different cards both failed and Kulvinskas claimed he had only £20 in cash.
As well as making a non-essential journey, when police met the train and arrested Kulvinskas for travel fraud, he was also found to be in possesion of several debit cards and ID cards in different names.
A further search revealed he was carrying two Stanley knife blades, one on a chain around his neck.
Investigating officer PC Dave Knox said: “This was a blatant attempt on Kulvinskas part to travel a lengthy journey at no cost whatsoever.
"It was inevitable his plan would be foiled as revenue collectors regularly carry out ticket checks. Unfortunately for Kulvinskas this was compounded by the fact that he was found to be in possession of ID and debit cards that didn’t belong to him.
“Not only this, he as then found to be carrying blades which we were able to remove from the railway network and prevent any potential could result in serious injury.”
