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    Train companies admit 'we got it wrong' as up to 75,000 fast-track fare evasion convictions set to be overturned

    By Tristan Kirk,

    8 hours ago

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    Around 75,000 criminal prosecutions brought by train companies against passengers in controversial fast-track courts were “probably unlawful” and could now be quashed.Alleged fare dodgers can be taken to court through the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) - a process where magistrates convict and sentence defendants in private hearings – if they are accused of breaching a railway byelaw.

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