Hundreds of rail fare evasion prosecutions quashed Scores more prosecutions brought by three rail firms for alleged fare evasion have been quashed.
More than 350 Northern cases, 180 TPE cases and 36 GWR cases were declared a nullity at the hearing, meaning it is as if the proceedings never existed.
Northern Rail, TransPennine Express (TPE) and Great Western Railway (GWR) brought dozens of prosecutions against passengers using the controversial single justice procedure (SJP) despite not being permitted to do so.
“I plan to say what I have said previously in accordance with my ruling on August 15 that these cases should not have been brought,” Mr Goldspring told the court.
The SJP was set up in 2015 to allow magistrates to decide on minor offences, such as using a television without a licence or driving without car insurance, without defendants going to court.
