Fare dodger who tried to avoid paying £22 for train ticket ordered to cough up more than £500
Trying to avoid a £22.60 train fare has left one man having to pay out more than £500.
Rahath Mahmood was caught without a ticket on a Transport for Wales (TfW) service between Gloucester and Cardiff Central on April 6.
The case against the 29-year-old, of West Bromwich Road, Walsall, was proved in his absence at the Welsh capital's magistrates court on October 12.
Mahmood was fined £220 and ordered to pay £22.60 to TfW for the ticket he never bought.
He was also ordered to pay £185 costs and an £88 victim surcharge.
He now owes the court £515.60.
