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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachael Pells

Student forced to pay £562 for £2.20 train journey after using wrong ticket

A university student has been fined £562 for a £2.20 train journey after she was caught using the wrong ticket.

Parys Lanlehin, a 20 year-old student at the University of Nottingham, was found to be using a return train ticket on the wrong day, going in the wrong direction, almost two years ago.

She was issued a £20 penalty fine on the Nottingham to Beeston train, which takes approximately five minutes to complete, but the fine was never paid.

Ms Lanlehin, who now lives in London, signed a declaration to say she was unaware of legal proceedings taking place in Nottingham at Stratford Magistrates Court.

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